INCOME TAXES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Expense for Income Taxes and Effective Tax Rate Included in Consolidated Statement of Operations

The expense for income taxes and the effective tax rate included in the consolidated statements of income are shown in the table below for the periods presented (dollars in thousands).

	Three months ended March 31,
	2018			2017
Income tax expense	$	1,341		$	847
Effective tax rate	35.8		%	31.2		%