The components of income tax expense were as follows:
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Current expense | $ | 3,671 | $ | 3,046 | $ | 3,227 | ||||||
| Deferred expense (benefit) | (152 | ) | 53 | (341 | ) | |||||||
| Adjustments to deferred tax asset due to change in federal tax rate | 811 | - | - | |||||||||
| Total deferred (benefit) expense | 659 | 53 | (341 | ) | ||||||||
| Total Income Tax Expense | $ | 4,330 | $ | 3,099 | $ | 2,886 | ||||||
The components of deferred taxes as of December 31, were as follows:
| 2017 | 2016 | |||||||
| Deferred Tax Assets: | ||||||||
| Allowance for loan losses | $ | 1,265 | $ | 2,354 | ||||
| Split Dollar Life Insurance | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Nonqualified deferred compensation | 546 | 856 | ||||||
| Low income housing partnerships losses | 203 | 94 | ||||||
| Core deposit amortization | 108 | 165 | ||||||
| Other real estate owned | 173 | 280 | ||||||
| Unfunded pension benefit obligation | 1,096 | 1,633 | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 3,394 | $ | 5,386 | ||||
| 2017 | 2016 | |||||||
| Deferred Tax Liabilities: | ||||||||
| Unearned low income housing credits | $ | 180 | $ | 307 | ||||
| Depreciation | 340 | 437 | ||||||
| Prepaid pension | 1,010 | 1,840 | ||||||
| Goodwill tax amortization | 559 | 901 | ||||||
| Net unrealized gain (loss) on securities available for sale | (5 | ) | 3 | |||||
| Total Liabilities | 2 084 | 3,488 | ||||||
| Net Deferred Tax Asset (included in Other Assets on Balance Sheet) | $ | 1,310 | $ | 1,898 | ||||
The following table summarizes the differences between the actual income tax expense and the amounts computed using the federal statutory tax rates:
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Tax expense at federal statutory rates | $ | 4,511 | $ | 4,307 | $ | 3,843 | ||||||
| Increases (decreases) in taxes resulting from: | ||||||||||||
| State income taxes, net of federal benefit | - | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| Partially tax-exempt income | (59 | ) | (41 | ) | (46 | ) | ||||||
| Tax-exempt income | (212 | ) | (217 | ) | (223 | ) | ||||||
| LIH and historic credits | (633 | ) | (896 | ) | (701 | ) | ||||||
| Deferred Tax Asset rate change | 811 | |||||||||||
| Other | (88 | ) | (60 | ) | 5 | |||||||
| Total Income Tax Expense | $ | 4,330 | $ | 3,099 | $ | 2,886 | ||||||
The Company has analyzed the tax positions taken or expected to be taken in its tax returns and concluded it has no liability related to uncertain tax positions in accordance with accounting guidance related to income taxes.
The Company and its subsidiaries file federal income tax returns and state income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to federal or state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2014.