Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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Income Taxes

11.  INCOME TAXES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2016

Income before income taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S.

 

$

180,824

 

$

128,040

 

$

116,273

Income tax expense (benefit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Federal

 

$

25,980

 

$

25,003

 

$

24,594

State and local

 

 

7,156

 

 

4,438

 

 

3,646

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Federal

 

 

9,939

 

 

(61,024)

 

 

10,966

State and local

 

 

2,997

 

 

1,490

 

 

4,461

 

 

$

46,072

 

$

(30,093)

 

$

43,667

Deferred tax assets at December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables, net

 

$

1,313

 

$

1,280

 

 

 

Inventories, net

 

 

1,247

 

 

1,307

 

 

 

Other assets, principally share-based compensation

 

 

3,645

 

 

2,317

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

6,141

 

 

5,286

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

10,109

 

 

9,020

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforward

 

 

17,317

 

 

21,381

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,772

 

 

40,591

 

 

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,772

 

 

40,591

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities at December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

28,203

 

 

13,008

 

 

 

Intangibles, net

 

 

172,996

 

 

142,118

 

 

 

Other

 

 

1,609

 

 

176

 

 

 

 

 

 

202,808

 

 

155,302

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability at December 31

 

$

163,036

 

$

114,711

 

 

 

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act) was enacted on December 22, 2017 and became effective January 1, 2018.  The Tax Act, among other things, reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.  In addition, the Tax Act limited certain deductions.  Some of the major changes from the Tax Act that have affected the Company’s effective tax rate include the elimination of the Domestic Production Activities Deduction; the elimination of deductions related to entertainment expenses; and increased limitations on the deductibility of officer compensation.

 

ASC 740, “Income Taxes” required us to adjust deferred tax assets and liabilities for the effect of tax rate changes in the period the rate change was enacted.  Accordingly, the deferred tax balances were adjusted to reflect the change in the federal statutory rate from 35 percent to 21 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017.  The adjustment resulted in a $74.1 million tax benefit in  the U.S. Federal deferred tax expense for the year ending December 31, 2017.

 

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, 2018 or December 31, 2017.  The deferred portion of state and local tax expense included $0.8 million in tax benefits resulting from a change in the valuation allowance against state and local deferred tax assets in the year ending December 31, 2016.  As of December 31, 2018, there are no valuation allowances in place.

 

At December 31, 2018, the net deferred tax liability of $163.0 million consisted of net long-term deferred tax assets of $13.2 million and net long-term deferred tax liabilities of $176.2 million.  At December 31, 2017, the net deferred tax liability of $114.7 million consisted of net long-term deferred tax assets of $18.1 million and net long-term deferred tax liabilities of $132.8 million.  The deferred assets and deferred liabilities show the State deferreds net of Federal benefit. 

 

Of the deferred tax asset related to the net operating loss at December 31, 2018, $17.2 million will expire between 2021 and 2038.  Of the deferred tax asset related to the net operating loss at December 31, 2017, $21.0 million will expire between 2021 and 2037. 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

U.S. Federal statutory tax rate

 

21.0

%

 

35.0

%

 

35.0

%

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

 

4.5

 

 

3.5

 

 

5.7

 

Valuation allowance

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(0.7)

 

Domestic Production Activities Deduction

 

 —

 

 

(1.7)

 

 

(1.7)

 

Share based compensation

 

(1.4)

 

 

(2.3)

 

 

(0.5)

 

Non-deductible meals & entertainment

 

0.4

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Non-deductible transaction costs

 

0.3

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Effect of U.S. Federal tax rate change on deferred balances

 

 —

 

 

(57.9)

 

 

 —

 

Other, net

 

0.7

 

 

(0.6)

 

 

(0.2)

 

Effective tax rate

 

25.5

%

 

(24.0)

%

 

37.6

%

 

The negative (beneficial) effective tax rate in 2017 is mostly related to the beneficial adjustment of $74.1 million included in the 2017 Federal deferred tax expense related to the adjustment of the deferred tax balances for the reduction of the Federal tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, enacted in December of 2017. 

 

Share based compensation became a material factor in the Company’s effective tax rate beginning in 2017.  A tax benefit of $3.2 million and $2.9 million related to share based compensation was recognized in income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively.

 

The Domestic Production Activities Deduction, under IRC §199, was eliminated under the Tax Act and had only become a material factor in the Company’s effective tax rate in 2016.

 

Income taxes paid were $39.0 million, $22.6 million, and $39.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively. 

 

We file income tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and various state and local jurisdictions.  The IRS has completed their examination of the Masco consolidated U.S. Federal tax return, in which we were included, through the year ended December 31, 2015.  With few exceptions, we are no longer subject to state income tax examinations on filed returns for years before 2014.

 

At December 31, 2018, there are no liabilities related to uncertain tax positions.  We have not incurred any interest related to the underpayment of income taxes or penalties related to uncertain tax positions not meeting the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties in the year ended December 31, 2018.