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Income Tax
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Income Tax

The components of income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, consisted of the following:
 
 
Three months ended
March 31,
(In thousands)
 
2020
 
2019
Current tax provision
 
$
5,598

 
$
4,691

Deferred tax benefit
 
(1,080
)
 
(882
)
Income tax expense
 
$
4,518

 
$
3,809



The Company conducts operations in Puerto Rico and certain countries in Latin America. As a result, the income tax expense includes the effect of taxes paid to the government of Puerto Rico as well as foreign jurisdictions. The following table presents the components of income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and its segregation based on location of operations:
 
 
Three months ended March 31,
(In thousands)
 
2020
 
2019
Current tax provision
 
 
 
 
Puerto Rico
 
$
1,679

 
$
1,813

United States
 
155

 
112

Foreign countries
 
3,764

 
2,766

Total current tax provision
 
$
5,598

 
$
4,691

Deferred tax benefit
 
 
 
 
Puerto Rico
 
$
(88
)
 
$
(476
)
United States
 
(25
)
 
(372
)
Foreign countries
 
(967
)
 
(34
)
Total deferred tax benefit
 
$
(1,080
)
 
$
(882
)


Taxes payable to foreign countries by EVERTEC’s subsidiaries will be paid by such subsidiary and the corresponding liability and expense will be presented in EVERTEC’s consolidated financial statements.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company has $67.4 million of unremitted earnings from foreign subsidiaries. The Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability on undistributed earnings for the Company’s foreign subsidiaries because these earnings are intended to be indefinitely reinvested.

As of March 31, 2020, the gross deferred tax asset amounted to $19.8 million and the gross deferred tax liability amounted to $19.5 million, compared to $12.8 million and $15.0 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019.