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Income Tax
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax
Income Tax

The effective income tax rate for the current quarter and the prior year quarter was approximately 333% and 14%, respectively, resulting in an income tax provision of $0.14 million and $0.16 million, respectively.

The effective income tax rate for the current nine months and the prior year nine months was approximately 40% and 56%, respectively, resulting in an income tax provision of $1.28 million and $1.72 million, respectively.

For the current quarter, the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the tax impact from the vesting of restricted shares of common stock, which was treated as a discrete item for tax purposes; this item increased the effective rate by approximately 291%. The federal statutory rate also differed from the effective tax rate due to state taxes and recurring permanent differences, which increased the effective tax rate by approximately 8.41% and 11.84%, respectively.

For the prior year quarter, the federal statutory rate differed from the effective tax rate primarily due to state taxes and recurring permanent differences, which increased (decreased) the effective tax rate by approximately 3.64% and (11.15)%, respectively.

For the current nine months, the federal statutory rate differed from the effective tax rate primarily due to state taxes and recurring permanent differences, which increased the effective tax rate by approximately 9.43% and 9.49%, respectively. The effective tax rate was also partly attributable to the tax impact from the vesting of restricted shares of common stock, which was treated as a discrete item for tax purposes; this item increased the effective rate by approximately 3.80%.

For the prior year nine months, the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the tax impact from the vesting of restricted shares of common stock, which was treated as a discrete item for tax purposes; this item increased the effective rate by approximately 20.37%. The federal statutory rate also differed from the effective tax rate due to state taxes and recurring permanent differences, which increased the effective tax rate by approximately 9.49% and 4.75%, respectively.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The income tax effects of changes in tax laws are recognized in the period when enacted. The Act provides for numerous significant tax law changes and modifications with varying effective dates, which include reducing the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from a maximum of 35% to 21%, creating a territorial tax system (with a one-time mandatory repatriation tax on previously deferred foreign earnings), broadening the tax base, and allowing for immediate capital expensing of certain qualified property acquired and placed in service after September 27, 2017 and before January 1, 2023.

In response to the enactment of the Act in late 2017, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), that permits filers to record provisional amounts during a measurement period ending no later than one year from the date of the Act’s enactment. As of December 31, 2018, the Company finalized its accounting for the income tax effects of the Act and had no change to its original estimates.