Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	12. Income Taxes CWH is organized as a Subchapter C corporation and, as of March 31, 2020, is a 42.1% owner of CWGS, LLC (see Note 14 — Stockholders’ Equity and Note 15 — Non-Controlling Interests). CWGS, LLC is organized as a limited liability company and treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes, with the exception of Americas Road and Travel Club, Inc., Camping World, Inc. (“CW”), and FreedomRoads RV, Inc. and their wholly-owned subsidiaries, which are Subchapter C corporations. On January 1, 2019, the Company transferred certain assets relating to its Good Sam Club and co-branded credit card from its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, GSS Enterprises LLC (“GSS”), to its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, CW, a corporation. As a result of this transfer, the Company recorded an estimated $16.3 million of net income tax expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to the revaluation of certain deferred tax assets and related changes in valuation allowance. As a result of transferring certain assets relating to its Good Sam Club and co-branded credit card from GSS to CW, as described above, the Company also re-evaluated the impact on its Tax Receivable Agreement liability related to the reduction of future expected tax amortization. The reduction in future expected tax amortization reduced the Tax Receivable Agreement liability by an estimated $7.2 million. Unrelated to the transfer described above, the Tax Receivable Agreement liability was reduced by an additional $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 for changes in estimated state income tax rates applicable to CWH. As a result of these adjustments to the Tax Receivable Agreement liability, the Company recorded an estimated $8.5 million of other income in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 As further described in Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — COVID-19, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have enacted or are contemplating measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures may include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., includes measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were no material tax impacts to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as it relates to COVID-19 measures. The Company will continue to monitor additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and others. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company’s effective income tax rate was (41.3)% as a result of incurring income tax expense on a loss before income taxes. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, income tax expense decreased $18.8 million to $4.1 million from $22.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 primarily as a result of lower income incurred at CWGS, LLC for which the Company is subject to U.S. federal and state taxes on its allocable share, partially offset by operating losses recorded by CW for which no tax benefit can be recognized and absent the transfer of certain assets between subsidiaries in the prior year which had resulted in $16.3 million of net income tax expense as described above. The Company's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was (41.3)%, which differed from the federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to a portion of the Company’s earnings being attributable to non-controlling interests in limited liability companies which are not subject to corporate level taxes and losses at certain subsidiaries for which an income tax benefit was not recorded, since there was a full valuation allowance against the related deferred tax assets of those subsidiaries. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company’s effective income tax rate was (588.4)%, primarily as a result of the $16.3 million deferred income tax expense on the transfer of certain assets between subsidiaries described above and a portion of the Company’s earnings being attributable to non-controlling interests in limited liability companies which are not subject to corporate level taxes and losses at certain subsidiaries for which an income tax benefit was not recorded, since there was a full valuation allowance against the related deferred tax assets of those subsidiaries. The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis to determine if they can be realized and establishes valuation allowances when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets may not be realized. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company determined that all of its deferred tax assets (except those of CW and the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset discussed below) are more likely than not to be realized. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of CW, since it was determined that it is more likely than not, based on available objective evidence, that CW would have insufficient taxable income in the current or carryforward periods under the tax laws to realize the future tax benefits of its deferred tax assets. The Company maintains a partial valuation allowance against the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset pertaining to the portion that is not amortizable for tax purposes, since the Company would likely only realize the non-amortizable portion of the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset if the investment in CWGS, LLC was divested. The Company is party to a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) that provides for the payment by the Company to the Continuing Equity Owners and Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. of 85% of the amount of tax benefits, if any, the Company actually realizes, or in some circumstances is deemed to realize, as a result of (i) increases in the tax basis from the purchase of common units from Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. in exchange for Class A common stock in connection with the consummation of the IPO and the related transactions and any future redemptions that are funded by the Company and any future redemptions or exchanges of common units by Continuing Equity Owners as described above and (ii) certain other tax benefits attributable to payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, 20,000 and 5,725 common units in CWGS, LLC, respectively, were exchanged for Class A common stock subject to the provisions of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Company recognized a liability for the Tax Receivable Agreement payments due to those parties that redeemed common units, representing 85% of the aggregate tax benefits the Company expects to realize from the tax basis increases related to the exchange, after concluding it was probable that the Tax Receivable Agreement payments would be paid based on estimates of future taxable income. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the amount of Tax Receivable Agreement payments due under the Tax Receivable Agreement was $114.8 million of which $6.6 million was included in the current portion of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

12. Income Taxes

CWH is organized as a Subchapter C corporation and, as of March 31, 2020, is a 42.1% owner of CWGS, LLC (see Note 14 — Stockholders’ Equity and Note 15 — Non-Controlling Interests). CWGS, LLC is organized as a limited liability company and treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes, with the exception of Americas Road and Travel Club, Inc., Camping World, Inc. (“CW”), and FreedomRoads RV, Inc. and their wholly-owned subsidiaries, which are Subchapter C corporations.

On January 1, 2019, the Company transferred certain assets relating to its Good Sam Club and co-branded credit card from its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, GSS Enterprises LLC (“GSS”), to its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, CW, a corporation. As a result of this transfer, the Company recorded an estimated $16.3 million of net income tax expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 due to the revaluation of certain deferred tax assets and related changes in valuation allowance. As a result of transferring certain assets relating to its Good Sam Club and co-branded credit card from GSS to CW, as described above, the Company also re-evaluated the impact on its Tax Receivable Agreement liability related to the reduction of future expected tax amortization. The reduction in future expected tax amortization reduced the Tax Receivable Agreement liability by an estimated $7.2 million. Unrelated to the transfer described above, the Tax Receivable Agreement liability was reduced by an additional $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 for changes in estimated state income tax rates applicable to CWH. As a result of these adjustments to the Tax Receivable Agreement liability, the Company recorded an estimated $8.5 million of other income in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019

As further described in Note 1 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — COVID-19, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have enacted or are contemplating measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures may include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., includes measures to assist companies,

including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, there were no material tax impacts to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as it relates to COVID-19 measures. The Company will continue to monitor additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and others.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company’s effective income tax rate was (41.3)% as a result of incurring income tax expense on a loss before income taxes. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, income tax expense decreased $18.8 million to $4.1 million from $22.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 primarily as a result of lower income incurred at CWGS, LLC for which the Company is subject to U.S. federal and state taxes on its allocable share, partially offset by operating losses recorded by CW for which no tax benefit can be recognized and absent the transfer of certain assets between subsidiaries in the prior year which had resulted in $16.3 million of net income tax expense as described above. The Company's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was (41.3)%, which differed from the federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to a portion of the Company’s earnings being attributable to non-controlling interests in limited liability companies which are not subject to corporate level taxes and losses at certain subsidiaries for which an income tax benefit was not recorded, since there was a full valuation allowance against the related deferred tax assets of those subsidiaries. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company’s effective income tax rate was (588.4)%, primarily as a result of the $16.3 million deferred income tax expense on the transfer of certain assets between subsidiaries described above and a portion of the Company’s earnings being attributable to non-controlling interests in limited liability companies which are not subject to corporate level taxes and losses at certain subsidiaries for which an income tax benefit was not recorded, since there was a full valuation allowance against the related deferred tax assets of those subsidiaries.

The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis to determine if they can be realized and establishes valuation allowances when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets may not be realized. At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company determined that all of its deferred tax assets (except those of CW and the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset discussed below) are more likely than not to be realized. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of CW, since it was determined that it is more likely than not, based on available objective evidence, that CW would have insufficient taxable income in the current or carryforward periods under the tax laws to realize the future tax benefits of its deferred tax assets. The Company maintains a partial valuation allowance against the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset pertaining to the portion that is not amortizable for tax purposes, since the Company would likely only realize the non-amortizable portion of the Outside Basis Deferred Tax Asset if the investment in CWGS, LLC was divested.

The Company is party to a tax receivable agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) that provides for the payment by the Company to the Continuing Equity Owners and Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. of 85% of the amount of tax benefits, if any, the Company actually realizes, or in some circumstances is deemed to realize, as a result of (i) increases in the tax basis from the purchase of common units from Crestview Partners II GP, L.P. in exchange for Class A common stock in connection with the consummation of the IPO and the related transactions and any future redemptions that are funded by the Company and any future redemptions or exchanges of common units by Continuing Equity Owners as described above and (ii) certain other tax benefits attributable to payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, 20,000 and 5,725 common units in CWGS, LLC, respectively, were exchanged for Class A common stock subject to the provisions of the Tax Receivable Agreement. The Company recognized a liability for the Tax Receivable Agreement payments due to those parties that redeemed common units, representing 85% of the aggregate tax benefits the Company expects to realize from the tax basis increases related to the exchange, after concluding it was probable that the Tax Receivable Agreement payments would be paid based on estimates of future taxable income. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the amount of Tax Receivable Agreement payments due under the Tax Receivable Agreement was $114.8 million of which $6.6 million was included in the current portion of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.