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Note 14 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

 

14. Income Taxes

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $9.9 million and $0.7 million, respectively.  The Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020, differs from the federal statutory rate due to discrete items, state income tax rates and tax credits for energy efficient homes.  The 2020 first quarter discrete items totaled an $8.1 million benefit, $5.8 million of which related to the $14.0 million project abandonment costs recorded during the quarter and a $2.1 million benefit related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") signed into law on March 27, 2020.  For more information on the abandonment costs, please refer to Note 4.  The CARES Act allows companies to carry back net operating losses generated in 2018 through 2020 for five years.  The Company recognized a $2.1 million discrete benefit related to the remeasurement of deferred tax assets originally valued at a 21% federal statutory tax rate which are now available to be carried back to tax years with a 35% federal statutory rate.  The Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 differs from the federal statutory tax rates due to state income taxes, estimated deduction limitations for executive compensation and discrete items. The provision for discrete items totaled $0.3 million for the three months ended  March 31, 2019 and was primarily related to stock compensation and state income tax rate changes. 

 

The CARES Act includes various income and payroll tax provisions that we are in the process of analyzing to determine the financial impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.  Aside from the carry back provision discussed above, the Company does not believe any other aspects of the CARES Act were material to the Company's benefit for income taxes during the 2020 first quarter.