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

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

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 June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Tax credit investments	$	56,018	$	56,589
Unfunded commitments—tax credit investments	27,978		31,174

The following table presents other information related to the Company’s tax credit investments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Tax credits and other tax benefits recognized	$	1,486	$	1,137	$	2,972	$	2,275
Tax credit amortization expense included in provision for income taxes	1,263		915		2,571		1,830