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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes         The Company recognized an income tax benefit of $0.5 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The benefit recognized was a result of a current year tax law change and the ability of the Company to now carry back certain losses due to the CARES Act. The tax provisions within the CARES Act included temporary changes regarding the utilization and five year carry back of losses generated in 2018, 2019 and 2020, temporary changes regarding interest deductions, technical corrections from prior tax legislation related to qualified improvement property, and various other measures.  In the second quarter of 2020, the Company filed a refund claim with the Internal Revenue Service related to its 2017 tax liability by carrying back losses not previously claimed.  In June 2020, the state of Maryland issued a report announcing that the state decoupled from the CARES Act loss carryback provisions for the 2020 year only, but carrybacks are presently allowed under current law for 2018 and 2019. As a result, the Company recognized a $2.2 million benefit in the first quarter of 2020 related to the federal tax carryback and an additional $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2020 related to the Maryland tax carryback. The Company intends to file a claim related to the Maryland tax liability during the third quarter of 2020. The expense recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, was a result of interest on an unpaid tax liability related to the 2017 tax year and state taxes.