Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 11. Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act contains significant changes to corporate taxes, including a permanent reduction of the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. The Company’s statutory rate for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 was 24.5%, based on a fiscal year blended rate calculation. The 21% U.S. corporate tax rate is fully applicable to the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 and each year thereafter.

The Act required a one-time remeasurement of certain tax related assets and liabilities. During the first quarter ended December 31, 2017, the Company made certain estimates related to the impact of the Act including the remeasurement of deferred taxes at the new expected tax rate and a revised effective tax rate for the year ended September 30, 2018. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded a tax benefit of approximately $9,847,000 to account for these deferred tax impacts.

In October 2019, the Internal Revenue Service concluded their audit of the September 30, 2015 tax year with no changes. The Federal and State filings remain subject to examination by tax authorities for tax periods ending after September 30, 2015.

The income tax provision for the years ended September 30, 2020, 2019 and 2018 consists of the following:

 

(in thousands)

 

Fiscal Year Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal income tax

 

$

131

 

 

$

7,314

 

 

$

1,961

 

State income tax

 

 

(71

)

 

 

2,202

 

 

 

384

 

Total current

 

 

60

 

 

 

9,516

 

 

 

2,345

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal income tax

 

 

6,151

 

 

 

2,995

 

 

 

(3,917

)

State income tax

 

 

1,452

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

1,962

 

Total deferred

 

 

7,603

 

 

 

3,267

 

 

 

(1,955

)

Income tax provision

 

$

7,663

 

 

$

12,783

 

 

$

390

 

 

Income tax provision attributable to income before income taxes differed from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate of 21%, 21% and 24.53% to income before income taxes for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020, September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, as a result of the following:

 

(in thousands)

 

Fiscal Year Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Income tax at the statutory federal rate

 

$

6,568

 

 

$

10,587

 

 

$

3,198

 

Increase (decrease) resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State income taxes, net of federal benefit

 

 

1,217

 

 

 

1,947

 

 

 

857

 

Permanent and other reconciling items, net

 

 

170

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

221

 

Expiration of capital loss carryforward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,634

 

Reduction in deferred tax liability resulting from the Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,847

)

State rate change

 

 

(156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock option cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

347

 

Other

 

 

(136

)

 

 

83

 

 

 

(20

)

Income tax provision

 

$

7,663

 

 

$

12,783

 

 

$

390

 

 

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of September 30, 2020, and 2019 are presented below:

 

(in thousands)

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred retirement benefits

 

$

 

 

$

1,325

 

Goodwill

 

 

16,304

 

 

 

18,244

 

Inventories

 

 

813

 

 

 

930

 

Stock compensation

 

 

314

 

 

 

237

 

Intangibles

 

 

508

 

 

 

565

 

Other

 

 

203

 

 

 

168

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

18,142

 

 

 

21,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment

 

 

56,707

 

 

 

52,551

 

Investment in Citree

 

 

1,016

 

 

 

909

 

Prepaid insurance

 

 

147

 

 

 

134

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

57,870

 

 

 

53,594

 

Net deferred income tax liabilities

 

$

(39,728

)

 

$

(32,125

)