Income tax benefit from continuing operations are as follows (in thousands):

December

  the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of was signed into law making significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Changes include, but are limited to, a federal corporate income tax rate decrease from to effective for tax years beginning after the transition of U.S. international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial system, and a -time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings as of The Company has estimated its provision for income taxes in accordance with the Act and guidance available as of the date of this filing and as a result has recorded  million as additional income tax expense in the quarter of the period in which the legislation was enacted. The provisional amount related to the remeasurement of certain deferred income tax assets and liabilities, based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, was  million. The provisional amount related to the -time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was  million based on cumulative foreign earnings of  million.

December

  Staff Accounting Bulletin   ("SAB ) was issued to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act. In accordance with SAB  the Company has determined that the  million of the deferred income tax expense recorded in connection with the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities and the  million of current tax expense recorded in connection with the transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was a provisional amount and a reasonable estimate as of Additional work is necessary for a more detailed analysis of the Company’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities and its historical foreign earnings as well as potential correlative adjustments. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to current income tax expense when the analysis is complete.

’s effective income tax rate and the federal statutory income tax rate of is explained as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

income tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred income tax assets and liabilities is presented below (in thousands):

income tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred income tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, taxable income in carryback periods and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Because the Company has a recent history of generating cumulative losses, management did consider projections of future taxable income as persuasive evidence for the recoverability of its deferred income tax assets. The Company believes it is more likely than it will realize the benefits of its deductible differences as of net of any valuation allowance.

December

  the Company had approximately  million of federal net operating loss carryforwards, which expire on various dates between and and  million of federal income tax credit carryforwards, which expire on various dates between and As of the Company also had approximately  million of state net operating loss carryforwards, which expire on various dates between and and state income tax credit carryforwards of  million, which begin to expire in

December

  the Company determined that it longer considers the earnings of its Mexican subsidiary to be indefinitely reinvested outside the United States. This change was made to allow the Company to more efficiently manage its cash balances and working capital. The change did have a significant effect on the Company’s income taxes.

no

, state or foreign income tax examinations for years before

income tax benefits is presented below (in thousands):

The Company does believe it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized income tax benefits will change in the following months; however, actual results could differ from those currently expected. Effectively all of the unrecognized income tax benefits would affect the Company’s effective income tax rate if recognized at some point in the future.

income tax positions in Income tax expense. As of and the Company had and  million, respectively, of accrued interest related to uncertain income tax positions. Total interest for uncertain income tax positions did change materially in or and decreased by approximately  million in