INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

The Company follows the Income Taxes topic of ASC 740, which prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute criteria for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, as well as guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

The Company has classified uncertain tax positions as noncurrent income tax liabilities unless expected to be paid in one year. Penalties and tax-related interest expense are reported as a component of income tax expense and are not significant.

As of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $20,105 and $19,152, respectively, most of which would impact the effective rate, if recognized. The Company does not anticipate that total unrecognized tax benefits will be reduced in the next 12 months.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company has a valuation allowance against principally all of its net deferred tax assets given insufficient positive evidence to support the realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets.  The Company intends to continue maintaining a valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets until there is sufficient positive evidence to support the reversal of all or some portion of these allowances.  A reduction in the valuation allowance could result in a significant decrease in income tax expense in the period that the release is recorded.  However, the exact timing and amount of the reduction in its valuation allowance is unknown at this time and will be subject to the earnings level the Company achieves during future years.

The effective income tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2019, was 21.0% as compared with (4.1)% for the three months ended December 31, 2018. For the three months ended December 31, 2018, the effective tax rate reflected a limitation on the recognition of tax benefits due to the full valuation allowance. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2019, was 21.0% as compared with (2.3)% for the nine months ended December 31, 2018. For the nine months ended December 31, 2018, the effective tax rate reflected a limitation on the recognition of tax benefits due to the full valuation allowance.

With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, or local income tax examinations for fiscal years ended before March 31, 2014, or foreign income tax examinations by tax authorities for fiscal years ended before March 31, 2013.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company is subject to examination in one state jurisdiction. The Company has filed appeals in a prior state examination related to fiscal years ended March 31, 1999 through March 31, 2005.