INCOME TAXES |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2022 | |
| Notes to Financial Statements | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] |
NOTE 10 — INCOME TAXES Tax Benefit and Tax Rate – Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.7 and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, our effective tax rate differed from the statutory Federal tax rate primarily by the impact of state income taxes. Our effective tax rate was 21.9% and 21.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and three months ended March 31, 2021, respectively. Valuation Allowance – Deferred tax assets are recorded related to net operating losses and temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities expected to produce tax deductions in future periods. The realization of these assets depends on recognition of sufficient future taxable income in specific tax jurisdictions in which those temporary differences or net operating losses are deductible. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of them will not be realized. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our valuation allowance was $25.8 million and $24.4 million, respectively, and relates primarily to state net operating losses and the disallowed interest expense limitation carryover. Income Taxes Receivable, Refunds and Payments – As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we did not have any outstanding current income taxes receivable. During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, we did not receive any income tax refunds or make any income tax payments of significance. The tax years 2018 through 2021 remain open to examination by the tax jurisdictions to which we are subject.
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