INCOME TAXES AND DEFERRED TAXES INCOME TAXES AND DEFERRED TAXES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The following table presents the balances of the Company’s tax credit investments and related unfunded commitments at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Tax credit investments	$	8,648	$	7,311
Unfunded commitments—tax credit investments	4,361		4,417

The following table presents other information related to the Company's tax credit investments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Tax credits and other tax benefits recognized	$	364	$	285	$	1,092	$	855
Tax credit amortization expense included in provision for income taxes	288		199		863		597