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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 9:  Income Taxes



The Company historically determined the quarterly income tax provision using a discrete year-to-date calculation due to volatility in the newspaper industry and the resulting inability to reliably forecast income or loss before income taxes. In connection with the restatement, the Company re-calculated the income tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 using an estimated annual effective tax rate based on its annual income before income taxes, adjusted for permanent differences, which it applied to the year-to-date income (loss) before income taxes. Although volatility still exists in the newspaper industry, the Company is appropriately using an estimated annual effective tax rate to calculate its quarterly income tax provision, given the Company’s ability to reliably forecast for the current annual period.



The Company recognized income tax provision (benefit) of $7,460 and $58 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $6,496 and $(1,257) for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Effective income tax rates were 31.1 percent and 21.7 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The income tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, was due to applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date income, which included effects of the income generated from the sale of the Company’s former headquarters (see Note 14 – Sales of Assets), a decrease in the deferred tax asset, and the effect of the Texas margin tax.



A refund of $3,210 was received in the second quarter of 2018, for a tax benefit recognized in 2016 that was carried back against taxes paid in 2014.