Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Income Taxes

Summary of our income tax expense and effective tax rate

The following table provides a comparative summary of the Company’s income tax expense and effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, in thousands of dollars:

	Three Months ended June 30,						Six Months ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(unaudited)						(unaudited)
Income tax expense	$	3,119		$	9,057		$	7,949		$	14,983
Effective tax rate	9.2		%	34.3		%	12.2		%	35.1		%