(11) Income Taxes:

The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate to income taxes computed at the effective rate:



	For the three months ended				For the six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,

	2018		2017		2018		2017

Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.0	%	35.0	%	21.0	%	35.0	%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax benefit	1.7		1.8		(34.7)		1.6
Remeasurement of certain deferred tax balances	-		-		78.6		-
Tax reserve adjustment	0.9		(0.1)		(1.1)		(0.1)
Changes in certain deferred tax balances	31.6		(0.3)		146.6		(0.2)
Goodwill impairment	-		(12.3)		-		(10.9)
Shared-based payments	-		-		(70.3)		(0.2)
Federal research and development tax credit	(2.2)		0.1		(3.2)		0.2
All other, net	1.0		(0.2)		1.8		(0.2)
Effective tax rate	54.0	%	24.0	%	138.7	%	25.2	%

Under ASC 605, income tax benefit would have been $3 million more for the six months ended June 30, 2018, as a result of changes in pre-tax income as discussed in Note 3.

Amounts pertaining to income tax related accounts of $2 million and $2 million are included in “Income taxes and other current assets” in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.