Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 reflects a tax benefit on our actual pretax loss, while the annual estimated effective tax rate reflects tax expense on our estimated annual pretax income.

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily resulting from nondeductible officer's compensation, state income taxes and the establishment of a valuation allowance against current year state income tax losses in certain jurisdictions that do not require combined reporting. The Company's annual estimated effective tax rate includes a tax benefit from a current year federal taxable loss which will be carried back to a pre-2018 tax year, reducing the effective income tax rate applied to the pre-tax loss in the second quarter of 2020.

The effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily resulting from state income taxes, nondeductible officer's compensation and year-to-date tax deductions from vesting of stock awards in excess of book deductions. The Company's annual estimated effective tax rate includes a tax benefit from a current year federal taxable loss which will be carried back to a pre-2018 tax year, reducing the effective income tax rate applied to the pre-tax loss in the six months ended June 30, 2020.

The Company's effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0%, primarily due to state income taxes and certain expenses that are not deductible for the purposes of income taxes. This expense was partially offset by tax benefits resulting from tax deductions from vesting of stock awards in excess of book deductions.

The Company's effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0% primarily due to state income taxes, as well as $2.2 million of future income tax expenses recognized from the re-measurement of our net deferred tax liabilities based on an increase in income attributable to states with higher tax rates compared to the prior year quarter, and certain expenses that are not deductible for the purposes of income taxes. This expense was partially offset by tax benefits resulting from tax deductions from vesting of stock awards in excess of book deductions.