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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

9. Income Taxes

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities using statutory rates. A valuation allowance is recorded against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. There were no significant income tax provisions or benefits for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of the favorable tax attributes in future tax returns, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against the Company’s otherwise recognizable net deferred tax assets.

As noted in Note 2, effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASC 606, using the full retrospective transition method. Under this method, the Company has revised its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, and applicable interim periods within those years, as if ASC 606 had been effective for those periods. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s related tax disclosures.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had taxable income primarily due to timing differences.  The income was fully offset with available net operating losses, NOLs, for regular federal and state tax purposes. The Company did have a tax liability for Alternative Minimum Tax in 2017 of approximately $0.8 million; however, due to tax reform, the amount is fully refundable through 2021, and thus the net result is that the Company generated an income tax receivable of approximately $0.8 million rather than a tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017. During the second quarter of 2018, the Company paid the $0.8 million tax liability, as such, the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet included a tax receivable of approximately $0.8 million, which is included in other assets, and no tax payable as of September 30, 2018.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed on December 22, 2017, made significant change in U.S. tax law including a reduction in U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. As a result of the enacted law, the Company was required to revalue deferred tax assets and liabilities existing as of December 31, 2017 from the 35% federal rate in effect through the end of 2017, to the new 21% rate. As a result of the change in law, the Company recorded a $43.0 million reduction in the deferred tax asset and corresponding valuation allowance as of December 31, 2017.  

In accordance with SAB 118, the Company has determined that its deferred tax asset value and associated valuation allowance reduction is a provisional amount and a reasonable estimate at December 31, 2017. The final impact may differ from this provisional amount due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions we have made thus far and the issuance of additional regulatory or other guidance. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we did not identify any additional adjustments necessary to the deferred tax asset value and associated valuation allowance recorded at December 31, 2017. We expect to complete the final impact within the measurement period.