| (5) | Income Taxes |
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | |||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | $ | 474 | $ | 537 | ||||
| Deferred stock compensation | 334 | 302 | ||||||
| Bad debt and inventory reserves | 29 | 29 | ||||||
| Total deferred tax assets | 837 | 868 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
| Property and equipment | 1,925 | 5 | ||||||
| Total net deferred taxes | $ | (1,088 | ) | $ | 863 | |||
At March 31, 2017, the Company had no federal net operating loss carryforwards.
The components of the income tax provision consist of the following (in thousands):
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Current taxes | ||||||||||||
| Federal | $ | 11,095 | $ | 10,982 | $ | 9,303 | ||||||
| State | 1,059 | 1,041 | 885 | |||||||||
| Total current taxes | 12,154 | 12,023 | 10,188 | |||||||||
| Deferred taxes | ||||||||||||
| Federal | 1,781 | (21 | ) | 143 | ||||||||
| State | 170 | (2 | ) | 14 | ||||||||
| Total deferred taxes | 1,951 | (23 | ) | 157 | ||||||||
| Total provision for income taxes | $ | 14,105 | $ | 12,000 | $ | 10,345 | ||||||
The reconciliation of income tax provision computed at the U.S. federal statutory tax rates to income tax expense is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Income taxes at U.S. statutory rates | $ | 13,274 | $ | 11,399 | $ | 9,729 | ||||||
| State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit | 858 | 675 | 589 | |||||||||
| Permanent differences | 1 | (23 | ) | (29 | ) | |||||||
| Other | (28 | ) | (51 | ) | 56 | |||||||
| Total provision for income taxes | $ | 14,105 | $ | 12,000 | $ | 10,345 | ||||||