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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES

NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense was as follows for:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Income tax expense for the period

 

$

2,179

 

 

$

2,350

 

 

$

6,827

 

 

$

3,605

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

19.06

%

 

 

18.82

%

 

 

18.22

%

 

 

17.09

%

 

The effective tax rates differ from the statutory federal tax rate of 21% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, largely due to tax exempt interest income earned on certain investment securities and loans and the nontaxable earnings on bank owned life insurance.