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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes 
 
The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, as well as in the majority of states and in Canada. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has a net deferred tax liability of $22.4 million, which includes $2.3 million of state net operating loss ("NOL") carry-forwards and $415,000 of state tax credit carry-forwards. The state NOL carry-forwards expire in tax years 2029-2031 and the state tax credit carry-forwards expire in tax years 2023-2025. The Company believes that it is more likely than not that the benefit from certain state NOL carry-forwards will not be realized and therefore has provided a valuation allowance of $1.1 million against the deferred tax assets relating to these NOL carry-forwards. 
 
The Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $3.1 million as of September 30, 2018.  If recognized, the unrecognized tax benefit would reduce the 2018 annual effective tax rate by 0.5%. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company reversed $44,000 and $14,000, respectively, of interest expense relating to its liability for unrecognized tax benefits. Interest on unrecognized tax benefits is reported by the Company as a component of tax expense.  As of September 30, 2018, the accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits was $339,000.

The Company's consolidated effective tax rate as a percentage of pre-tax income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was 25.9% and 24.9%, respectively, as compared to 35.9% and 36.1% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The decrease is due to the reduction in the federal income tax rate due to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.