Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Our income tax (benefit) expense is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016		2015
Current:
Federal	$	—		$	—	$	—
State	100			1,200		1,200
Total current income tax expense (benefit)	$	100		$	1,200	$	1,200
Deferred:
Federal	$	(5,530	)	$	1,862	$	2,478
State	1,471			280		309
Total deferred income tax expense (benefit)	$	(4,059	)	$	2,142	$	2,787
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	(3,959	)	$	3,342	$	3,987

Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:

	December 31,
	2017			2016
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	9,506		$	10,787
Total long-term deferred tax asset	9,506			10,787
Valuation allowances	(1,285		)	(869		)
Total deferred tax assets	$	8,221		$	9,918
Deferred tax liabilities:
Long-term:
Fixed assets	$	(3,896	)	$	(4,480	)
Intangible assets	(15,797		)	(20,693		)
Other	(441		)	(716		)
Total long-term liability	(20,134		)	(25,889		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(20,134	)	$	(25,889	)
Total net deferred tax liability	$	(11,913	)	$	(15,971	)

Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate To Income Before Income Taxes

:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Income from operations before income taxes	$	78,120		$	114,424		$	425,572
Partnership income not subject to federal income tax	(77,704		)	(109,111		)	(418,500		)
Income subject to federal income taxes	$	416		$	5,313		$	7,072
Tax expense at federal statutory rate	$	146		$	1,860		$	2,475
State income taxes, net of federal tax	1,396			949			928
Return to provision, federal and state	(163		)	(198		)	(193		)
Other	(68		)	731			777
Remeasurement of deferred taxes due to enacted tax rate change	(5,270		)	—			—
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	(3,959	)	$	3,342		$	3,987
Effective tax rate on income from operations before income taxes	(5		)%	3		%	1		%