Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations consists of the following (in thousands):

	YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Current tax expense:
Federal	$	12,730	$	15,060	$	16,677
State	5,454		3,244		3,829
Deferred tax expense (1)	989		12,505		2,676
Total Income tax expense	$	19,173	$	30,809	$	23,182

(1) Includes the impact of TCJA for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Effective Income Tax Rate, Continuing Operations, Tax Rate Reconciliation

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations shown above varied from the statutory federal income tax rate for those periods as follows:

	YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Federal income tax rate	21.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal tax effect	5.7		3.8		6.8
Non-deductible compensation and meals and entertainment	1.0		0.7		1.2
Tax credits	(2.2	)	(2.2	)	(2.1	)
Valuation allowance on foreign tax credit	—		2.5		—
Enactment of TCJA	—		9.1		—
Other	(0.6	)	(0.8	)	0.5
Effective tax rate	24.9	%	48.1	%	41.4	%

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are composed of the following (in thousands):

	DECEMBER 31,
	2018			2017
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable reserves	$	738		$	611
Accrued liabilities	1,825			1,953
Deferred compensation obligation	5,545			5,423
Stock-based compensation	723			598
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans	3,471			3,767
Goodwill and intangible assets	—			526
Foreign tax credit	1,630			1,632
Other	344			289
Deferred tax assets	14,276			14,799
Deferred tax liabilities:
Prepaid expenses	(190		)	(251		)
Fixed assets	(1,277		)	(1,482		)
Goodwill and intangible assets	(1,057		)	—
Other	(254		)	(17		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(2,778		)	(1,750		)
Valuation allowance	(1,747		)	(1,733		)
Deferred tax assets, net	$	9,751		$	11,316

Income Tax Uncertainties

The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended (in thousands):

	DECEMBER 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning	$	1,127		$	1,115		$	788
Additions for prior year tax positions	41			50			454
Additions for current year tax positions	—			29			—
Lapse of statute of limitations	(248		)	(67		)	(102		)
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(14		)	—			(25		)
Unrecognized tax benefits, ending	$	906		$	1,127		$	1,115