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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 6. Income Taxes 

 

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("Tax Act") was signed into law on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act revised the U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering the statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% in 2018. The Company generates income in higher tax rate foreign locations, which result in foreign tax credits. The lower federal corporate tax rate reduces the likelihood or our utilization of foreign tax credits created by income taxes paid in Puerto Rico and Latin America, resulting in a valuation allowance. Additionally, the Company evaluated the potential interest limitation established under the Tax Act and determined that no limitation would affect the 2020 provision for income taxes.

 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of the employer portion of certain payroll taxes, net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the CARES Act may have on our accompanying  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, our income tax expense has been computed utilizing the estimated annual effective rates of 38.6% and 32.7%, respectively. The difference between the annual effective rate of 38.6% and the statutory Federal income tax rate of 21% in the three month period ended March 31, 2020, is primarily due to the impact of the Tax Act , which impacted the valuation allowance on foreign tax credits, and limitations on the deductibility of executive compensation under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). The annual effective tax rate related to income generated in the U.S. is 27.1%. Due to the reduced U.S. tax rate, the Company determined that a portion of its foreign income, which is taxed at a higher rate, will result in the generation of excess foreign tax credits that will not be available to offset U.S. income tax. As a result, 11.4% of the annual effective rate relates to the required valuation allowance against the excess foreign tax credits, bringing the annual effective tax rate for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 to 38.6%. The difference between the annual effective rate of 32.7% and the statutory Federal income tax rate of 21% in the three month period ended March 31, 2019, is primarily due to the impact of the Tax Act and the related impact to the valuation allowance on foreign tax credits.

 

Income tax benefit was $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Income tax expense was $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019.