INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES	10. INCOME TAXES The Company determines its periodic income tax expense or benefit based upon the current period income or loss and the annual estimated tax rate for the Company adjusted for discrete items including changes to prior period estimates. The estimated tax rate is revised, if necessary, as of the end of each successive interim period during the fiscal year to the Company’s current annual estimated tax rate. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the income tax provision reflects an effective tax rate of 29.6 percent compared to 24.6 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the income tax provision reflects an effective tax rate of 30.0 percent compared to 23.2 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. The 2019 effective rate includes detrimental discrete adjustments of $2.2 million resulting from restricted stock vesting and dividends as compared to the 2018 effective rate.

INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

10. INCOME TAXES

The Company determines its periodic income tax expense or benefit based upon the current period income or loss and the annual estimated tax rate for the Company adjusted for discrete items including changes to prior period estimates. The estimated tax rate is revised, if necessary, as of the end of each successive interim period during the fiscal year to the Company’s current annual estimated tax rate.

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the income tax provision reflects an effective tax rate of 29.6 percent compared to 24.6 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the income tax provision reflects an effective tax rate of 30.0 percent compared to 23.2 percent for the comparable period in the prior year. The 2019 effective rate includes detrimental discrete adjustments of $2.2 million resulting from restricted stock vesting and dividends as compared to the 2018 effective rate.