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

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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 March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Tax credit investments	$	21,764	$	17,360
Unfunded commitments—tax credit investments	15,945		12,726

The following table presents other information related to the Company's tax credit investments for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Tax credits and other tax benefits recognized	$	494	$	364
Tax credit amortization expense included in provision for income taxes	405		288