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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note H — Income Taxes

 

For various reasons, including the disproportionate increase in expenses with limited tax deductibility relative to the Company’s projected pre-tax results for the year ending December 31, 2014, the Company is currently unable to make a reliable estimate of its annual effective tax rate (“ETR”).  As a result, the Company has utilized its actual ETR for the six months ended June 30, 2014.  Utilizing this approach, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $10,551 for the six months ended June 30, 2014.  Because the Company previously recorded an income tax benefit of $20,287 during the three months ended March 31, 2014, income tax expense of $9,736 was recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2014.  The income tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2014 includes a valuation allowance of $4,988 for previously generated state net operating loss benefits specific to ExpressJet that are scheduled to expire before the benefits are anticipated to be utilized.