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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES

NOTE 9 - INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense was as follows for:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Income tax expense for the period

 

$

2,336

 

 

$

1,445

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

17.57

%

 

 

18.71

%

 

The effective tax rates differ from the statutory federal tax rate of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 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.