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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXESThe income tax expense from continuing operations for the three month period ended September 30, 2019 was primarily a result of the valuation allowance recorded in the third quarter of 2019 to reduce certain net deferred tax assets to their anticipated realizable value. The reduced effective tax rate from continuing operations for nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 was primarily due to the goodwill impairment in the second quarter of 2019, for which no tax benefit was recognized, combined with the aforementioned valuation allowance recorded in the third quarter of 2019.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted and signed into law in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). The CARES Act, among other things, includes several significant provisions that could impact corporate taxpayers’ accounting for income taxes.

Prior to the enactment of the CARES Act, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally eliminated the ability to carryback net operating losses (“NOLs”), and permitted the NOLs arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 to be carried forward indefinitely, limited to 80% of the taxpayer’s income. The CARES Act amended the NOL rules, suspending the 80% limitation on the utilization of NOLs generated after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021. Additionally, the CARES Act allows corporate NOLs arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021, to be carried back to each of the five taxable years preceding the taxable year of the loss.

Accordingly, we performed various analyses and evaluated the potential impact to our financial statements as a result of the CARES Act. Based on our assessment, we determined that the modifications to the NOL carryback provision of the CARES Act would result in a tax benefit and cash inflow for us. We expect that taxable losses incurred in 2019 may be fully carried back and utilized against the taxable income generated and taxes paid in the previous tax years which were measured at 35%. Accordingly, we recorded a $3.9 million income tax benefit associated with the remeasurement to the NOL carryback at a 14% tax rate differential as a result of 2019 NOL carryback. Furthermore, a corresponding income tax receivable from the 2019 NOL carryback was recorded.
The income tax expenses from continuing operations for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 were primarily due to the profit generated in the U.S. Further, the lower effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to the 14% rate benefit of net operating loss carry-backs as a result of the enactment of the CARES Act.