NOTE 13. INCOME TAXES

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences attributable to differences between our consolidated financial statement carrying amount of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. We measure these deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply in the years in which these temporary differences are expected to reverse. We recognize the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from a change in tax rates in income in the period that includes the date of the change. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law making significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Changes include, but are not limited to, a corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. We have calculated the impact of the Act in our year ending December 31, 2018 income tax provision in accordance with our understanding of the Act and guidance available as of the date of this filing.

For financial reporting purposes, we recorded a valuation allowance of $5.4 million as of December 31, 2018 to offset the deferred tax assets related to the state net operating loss carryforwards. For financial reporting purposes, we recorded a valuation allowance of $6.2 million as of December 31, 2017 to offset $6.0 million of the deferred tax assets related to the state net operating loss carryforwards and $0.2 million associated with asset impairments.

The consolidated provision for (benefit from) income taxes is as follows:

Consolidated deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:

The following table reconciles the above net deferred tax liabilities to the financial statements:

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the provision for income tax is as follows:

At December 31, 2018, we had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately $148.1 million that expire in 2021 through 2038 and for state income tax purposes of approximately $783.8 million that expire in years 2019 through 2038. For financial reporting purposes at December 31, 2018, we had a valuation allowance of $5.4 million, net of federal benefit, to offset the deferred tax assets related to the state net operating loss carryforwards. Our evaluation was performed for tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions, which range from 2014 through 2017.

The amortization of our indefinite-lived intangible assets for tax purposes, but not for book purposes, creates deferred tax liabilities. A reversal of deferred tax liabilities may occur when indefinite-lived intangibles: (1) become impaired; or (2) are sold, which would typically only occur in connection with the sale of the assets of a station or groups of stations or the entire company in a taxable transaction. Due to the amortization for tax purposes and not book purposes of our indefinite-lived intangible assets, we expect to continue to generate deferred tax liabilities in future periods exclusive of any impairment losses in future periods. These deferred tax liabilities and net operating loss carryforwards result in differences between our provision for income tax and cash paid for taxes.