Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Domestic and Foreign Income Taxes
The components of income before income taxes are as follows: 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Domestic
$
34,700


$
46,542


$
29,792

Foreign
1,853


(4,152
)

(1,075
)
Income before (benefit) provision for income taxes
$
36,553


$
42,390


$
28,717

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
The components of the (benefit) provision for income taxes are as follows: 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Current:
 

 
 

 
 

   Federal
$
109


$
(1,888
)

$
(1,055
)
   State
474


1,176


671

   Foreign
(1
)

30


161

 
582


(682
)

(223
)
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
   Federal
(4,794
)

2,662


(6,683
)
   State
202


2,530


1,853

   Foreign
262


303


262

 
$
(4,330
)

$
5,495


$
(4,568
)
 
$
(3,748
)
 
$
4,813

 
$
(4,791
)
Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Deferred tax assets:
 

 
 

Compensation accruals
$
1,745

 
$
3,489

Reserves
2,739

 
2,940

Other
9,398

 
127

Net operating losses
14,355

 
10,010

Interest rate swaps
1,604

 
666

Energy efficiency
35,939

 
28,911

Interest limitation
5,148

 
3,292

Deferred revenue
1,635

 
1,943

Gross deferred income tax assets
72,563

 
51,378

Valuation allowance
(8,583
)
 
(7,931
)
Total deferred income tax assets
$
63,980

 
$
43,447

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Depreciation
$
(51,579
)
 
$
(37,107
)
Deferred effect of derivative liability and ASU 2016-09 adoption
(328
)
 
(475
)
Canadian capital cost, allowance and amortization
(2,919
)
 
(1,974
)
United Kingdom goodwill amortization
(781
)
 
(755
)
Outside basis difference
(8,488
)
 
(7,488
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(64,095
)
 
(47,799
)
Deferred income tax liabilities, net
$
(115
)
 
$
(4,352
)
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rates
The following is a reconciliation of the effective tax rates:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Income before (benefit) provision for income taxes
$
36,553

 
$
42,390

 
$
28,717

Federal statutory tax expense
$
7,676

 
$
8,902


$
10,048

State income taxes, net of federal benefit
2,140

 
3,071


1,584

Net state impact of deferred rate change
(53
)
 
174

 
327

Non deductible expenses
150

 
982

 
1,473

Impact of reserve for uncertain tax positions
(925
)
 
879

 
42

Stock-based compensation expense
(169
)
 
(441
)
 
116

Energy efficiency preferences
(12,699
)
 
(8,636
)
 
(6,416
)
Foreign items and rate differential
56

 
(41
)
 
139

Redeemable non-controlling interests
1,101

 
70

 
1,579

Tax rate change

 

 
(13,948
)
Valuation allowance
205

 
641

 
424

Miscellaneous
(1,230
)
 
(788
)
 
(159
)
 
$
(3,748
)
 
$
4,813

 
$
(4,791
)
Effective tax rate:
 
 
 

 
 

Federal statutory rate expense
21.0
 %
 
21.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
5.9
 %
 
7.2
 %
 
5.5
 %
Net state impact of deferred rate change
(0.1
)%
 
0.4
 %
 
1.1
 %
Non deductible expenses
0.4
 %
 
2.3
 %
 
5.1
 %
Impact of reserve for uncertain tax positions
(2.5
)%
 
2.1
 %
 
0.1
 %
Stock-based compensation expense
(0.5
)%
 
(1.0
)%
 
0.4
 %
Energy efficiency preferences
(34.7
)%
 
(20.4
)%
 
(22.3
)%
Foreign items and rate differential
0.2
 %
 
(0.1
)%
 
0.5
 %
Redeemable non-controlling interests
3.0
 %
 
0.2
 %
 
5.5
 %
Tax rate change
 %
 
 %
 
(48.6
)%
Valuation allowance
0.6
 %
 
1.5
 %
 
1.5
 %
Miscellaneous
(3.6
)%
 
(1.8
)%
 
(0.5
)%
 
(10.3
)%
 
11.4
 %
 
(16.7
)%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Balance, beginning of year
$
1,600


$
600

Additions for current year tax positions

 
300

Additions for prior year tax positions


900

Settlements paid to tax authorities



Reductions of prior year tax positions
(1,200
)

(200
)
Balance, end of year
$
400


$
1,600