Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following:


	Three months ended
	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
	(in thousands)
Current	$	6,143	$	1,786
Deferred	(167)		909
	$	5,976	$	2,695

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate before the provision for income taxes.

The reconciliation of the Federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:


	Three months ended
	March 31, 2020		March 31, 2019
Federal statutory rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit	5.2		6.1


Excess tax benefits	(3.8)		(2.7)

Other	(0.9)		(0.9)
Effective tax rate	21.5	%	23.5	%

The Company's estimated annual 2020 effective tax rate, excluding discrete events, is approximately 25%. We file income tax returns in the U.S., state and foreign income tax returns jurisdictions. We are subject to U.S. income tax examinations for tax years 2016 to present, and to non-U.S. income tax examinations for the tax years 2015 to present. In addition, we are subject to state and local income tax examinations for the tax years 2015 to present. The Company continues to evaluate its need to file returns in various state jurisdictions. Any interest or penalties would be recognized as a component of income tax expense.

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020, and includes a retroactive correction to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that allows for much faster depreciation of qualified improvement property that is placed in service after December 31, 2017. The retroactive correction allows for 100% first-year bonus depreciation for qualified improvement property placed in service in the tax years ended 2018 to 2022. Alternatively, companies can depreciate qualified improvement property placed in service during the tax year ended 2018 and beyond over 15 years using the straight-line method. Amending a prior period return to claim 100% first-year bonus depreciation for qualified improvement property placed in service in those years could result in a net operating loss that can be carried back to a prior tax year to recover taxes paid in that prior year.

As the Company collects and prepares necessary data and interprets the CARES Act and any additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, and other standard-setting bodies, additional adjustments to the financial statements may be made. We don't expect these additional adjustments to materially impact the provision for income taxes and effective tax rate in the period in which the adjustments are made. We expect the final accounting for the tax effects of the CARES Act to be completed by the second quarter in 2020.