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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

10. Income Taxes

The “Provision for income taxes” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income is based on an estimate of the Company’s annualized effective income tax rate.

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020, the Company determined that it was unable to reliably estimate its annual effective tax rate to apply to its income for the quarter, as described in ASC 740 as a result of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the Company elected to record its tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2020 using its actual effective tax rate. During the current period, the Company determined it is able to reliably estimate its annual effective tax rate to apply to its income, therefore, the Company elected to record its tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 using its annualized effective income tax rate.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was enacted which includes several significant business tax provisions. The Company recognized the effect of this change in tax law during the first quarter which was not significant. The CARES Act provides a five-year carryback of net operating losses generated in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2020. Based upon this change in law, any 2020 tax loss, if realized, will be able to be carried back five years.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) was enacted which includes significant changes to the U.S. Corporate tax system. The Company will continue to evaluate tax planning opportunities as well as monitor any changes that might be contained in the final regulations related to the TCJA.