Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

12.  INCOME TAXES

(In thousands)

2022

2021

2020

Income before income taxes:

U.S.

$

724,231

$

429,731

$

323,090

Foreign

17,904

3,712

-

Total

$

742,135

$

433,443

$

323,090

Income tax expense (benefit):

Current:

U.S. Federal

$

136,013

$

88,930

$

66,792

State and local

39,978

22,006

13,345

Foreign

3,406

1,039

-

Deferred:

U.S. Federal

7,016

(4,123)

(8,087)

State and local

(510)

1,769

4,017

Foreign

243

(194)

-

$

186,146

$

109,427

$

76,067

Deferred tax assets at December 31:

Receivables, net

$

5,114

$

3,578

Inventories, net

6,989

5,961

Other assets, principally share-based compensation

3,409

4,219

Accrued liabilities

18,980

19,206

Lease liability

13,212

14,367

Long-term liabilities

10,934

9,821

Long-term lease liability

35,451

33,526

Net operating loss carryforward

6,655

7,747

Disallowed interest carryforward

-

11,108

100,744

109,533

Deferred tax liabilities at December 31:

Right of use assets

49,120

48,300

Property and equipment, net

46,031

42,150

Intangibles, net

254,101

263,327

Other

2,973

2,094

352,225

355,871

Net deferred tax liability at December 31

$

251,481

$

246,338

A valuation allowance must be established for deferred tax assets when it is more-likely-than-not that they will not be realized.  After review of all available positive and negative evidence, the Company has determined that no valuation allowance was required for the deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

At December 31, 2022, the net deferred tax liability is $251.5 million, all of which is reported as long-term deferred tax liabilities.  At December 31, 2021, the net deferred tax liability of $246.3 million consisted of net long-term deferred tax assets of $1.9 million and net long-term deferred tax liabilities of $248.2 million.  The deferred assets and deferred liabilities also include the state deferreds net of the federal benefit.

Of the deferred tax asset related to the net operating loss carryforward at December 31, 2022, $2.1 million will expire between 2023 and 2040.  Of the deferred tax asset related to the net operating loss carryforward at December 31, 2021, $5.3 million will expire between 2022 and 2040.

A reconciliation of the U.S. Federal statutory tax rate to the income tax expense (benefit) on income was as follows:

2022

2021

2020

U.S. Federal statutory tax rate

21.0

%

21.0

%

21.0

%

State and local taxes, net of U.S. Federal tax benefit

4.2

4.3

4.2

Share based compensation

(0.2)

(0.5)

(2.1)

Non-deductible/non-taxable items (1)

0.1

0.1

0.2

Effect of rates different than statutory

0.1

Other, net (1)

(0.1)

0.3

0.2

Effective tax rate

25.1

%

25.2

%

23.5

%

(1) Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation

A tax benefit of $1.7 million, $2.4 million and $7.8 million related to share-based compensation was recognized in income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction, various U.S. state and local jurisdictions, and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to income tax examinations on filed returns for years before 2017.