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| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income Taxes |
INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $257 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and a benefit for income taxes of $2,779 for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The estimated annual effective tax rate is 8.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to a (58.8)% estimated annual effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
The principal reason for the difference between the statutory rate and the estimated annual effective rate for 2019 were the effects of investment tax credits to which the Company is entitled from solar plants which have been placed into service or are forecasted to be placed into service during 2019. The principle reasons for the difference between statutory rate and the estimated annual effective tax rate for 2018 were the effects of a $3,800 benefit of the 2017 Section 179D deduction, which was extended in February 2018 and was included as tax deductions in 2018, and the use of investment tax credits to which the Company is entitled from owned plants.
The investment tax credits and production tax credits to which the Company may be entitled fluctuate from year to year based on the cost of the renewable energy plants the Company places or expects to place in service and production levels at company owned facilities in that year. As part of the Bipartisan Budget Act signed into law on February 9, 2018 the Section 179D deduction for 2017 was retroactively extended. The Section 179D deduction expired on December 31, 2017 and has not been re-approved for tax years beginning after that date.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $1,600 of total gross unrecognized tax benefits. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $705 and $80, respectively, of total gross unrecognized tax benefits (both net of the federal benefit on state amounts) representing the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in any future periods.
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