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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

9. Income Taxes

 

The Company’s effective tax rates for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 were both 23%, compared to 19% and 25% during the same periods in 2016. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded approximately $350,000 in excess tax benefits resulting from the adoption of ASU 2016-09 in 2017. Excluding the impact of the tax benefit, the effective tax rate would have been 29% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. In 2016, the Company donated school products to the Kids In Need Foundation. Excluding the impact of the charitable donation in 2016, the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 would have been 30%.