INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES The Company records a tax provision or benefit on an interim basis using an estimated annual effective tax rate. This rate is applied to the current period ordinary income or loss to determine the income tax provision or benefit allocated to the interim period. Losses from jurisdictions for which no benefit can be recognized and the income tax effects of unusual or infrequent items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate and are recognized in the impacted interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate may be significantly impacted by projected earnings mix by tax jurisdiction. Adjustments to the estimated annual effective income tax rate are recognized in the period when such estimates are revised. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was 26.6% and 36.3% compared to 51.0% and 69.9% for the same periods in 2017. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily attributable to a lower federal tax rate, a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits and the recording of tax benefits for prior period returns recorded as a discrete item in the quarter. The variations in the effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to more customary relationships between pre-tax income and the provision for income taxes, were primarily due to not recognizing income tax benefits from current operating losses related to certain Canadian entities during these periods. On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law, making significant changes to the federal tax law. Changes include, but are not limited to, a corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the transition of U.S. international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings as of December 31, 2017. The Company recognized its best estimate of the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the financial statements included in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, which provides SEC staff guidance for the application of ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, in the reporting period in which the 2017 Tax Act was signed into law. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company did not recognize any changes to the provisional amounts recorded in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K in connection with the 2017 Tax Act. The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact of the Tax Act on its business and the consolidated financial statements and will make any adjustments to its provisional amounts in subsequent reporting periods upon obtaining, preparing or analyzing additional information affecting the income tax effects initially reported as a provisional amount. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2018 when the analysis will be completed, but the adjustment (if any) is not expected to be material. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had recorded $4.2 million and $5.1 million, respectively, of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits and $0.8 million and $0.9 million of interest, respectively. The net decrease to the liability of $0.9 was related to the release of unrecognized tax benefits due to expiring statute of limitations. Due to expiring statute of limitation periods, the Company believes that total unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by $0.6 million within the next 12 months.

INCOME TAXES

The Company records a tax provision or benefit on an interim basis using an estimated annual effective tax rate. This rate is applied to the current period ordinary income or loss to determine the income tax provision or benefit allocated to the interim period. Losses from jurisdictions for which no benefit can be recognized and the income tax effects of unusual or infrequent items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate and are recognized in the impacted interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate may be significantly impacted by projected earnings mix by tax jurisdiction. Adjustments to the estimated annual effective income tax rate are recognized in the period when such estimates are revised.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was 26.6% and 36.3% compared to 51.0% and 69.9% for the same periods in 2017. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was primarily attributable to a lower federal tax rate, a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits and the recording of tax benefits for prior period returns recorded as a discrete item in the quarter. The variations in the effective income tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to more customary relationships between pre-tax income and the provision for income taxes, were primarily due to not recognizing income tax benefits from current operating losses related to certain Canadian entities during these periods.

On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law, making significant changes to the federal tax law. Changes include, but are not limited to, a corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the transition of U.S. international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings as of December 31, 2017. The Company recognized its best estimate of the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act in the financial statements included in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, which provides SEC staff guidance for the application of ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, in the reporting period in which the 2017 Tax Act was signed into law. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company did not recognize any changes to the provisional amounts recorded in its 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K in connection with the 2017 Tax Act. The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact of the Tax Act on its business and the consolidated financial statements and will make any adjustments to its provisional amounts in subsequent reporting periods upon obtaining, preparing or analyzing additional information affecting the income tax effects initially reported as a provisional amount. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2018 when the analysis will be completed, but the adjustment (if any) is not expected to be material.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had recorded $4.2 million and $5.1 million, respectively, of liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits and $0.8 million and $0.9 million of interest, respectively. The net decrease to the liability of $0.9 was related to the release of unrecognized tax benefits due to expiring statute of limitations.

Due to expiring statute of limitation periods, the Company believes that total unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by $0.6 million within the next 12 months.