Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The following table presents Callon’s deferred tax assets and liabilities with respect to its carryforwards and other temporary differences:

 
As of December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
Deferred tax asset (a)
 
 
 
 
  Federal net operating loss carryforward
 
$
151,497

 
$
97,437

Interest expense carryforward (b)
 
7,335

 

Statutory depletion carryforward
 
5,381

 
5,381

Alternative minimum tax credit carryforward (b)
 

 
52

Asset retirement obligations
 
2,347

 
572

Derivatives asset
 

 
6,186

Unvested RSU equity awards
 
2,751

 
1,749

Other
 
991

 
2,401

Deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
 
170,302

 
113,778

Deferred tax liability (a)
 
 
 
 
Oil and natural gas properties
 
169,682

 
54,264

Derivatives liability
 
10,184

 

Total deferred tax liability
 
179,866

 
54,264

Net deferred tax asset (liability) before valuation allowance
 
(9,564
)
 
59,514

Less: Valuation allowance
 

 
(60,919
)
Net deferred tax liability
 
$
(9,564
)
 
$
(1,405
)
(a)
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are based on enacted tax rates applicable to the future period when those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The 2017 Tax Act lowered the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, which caused the Company to remeasure its deferred income tax assets and liabilities at the new rate. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company’s tax rate applied was 21%. As a result of the change in the applied tax rate on our deferred tax assets and liabilities, in 2017 the Company recorded a $40,611 reduction in our net deferred tax assets with a corresponding reduction in our valuation allowance.
(b)
The 2017 Tax Act revised the rules regarding the deductibility of net interest expense incurred in tax years beginning after 2017, with non-deductible amounts being carried forward to future taxable years.
(c)
The 2017 Tax Act repealed the Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”) effective for years beginning after December 31, 2017. The result had an immaterial impact in income.

Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards
If not utilized, the Company’s existing federal NOL carryforwards, unaffected by the 2017 Tax Act, will expire as follows:

 
 
 
Year Expiring

 
Total
 
2019-2024
 
2025-2027
 
2028-2030
 
2031-2033
 
2034-2038
Federal NOL carryforwards
 
$
662,712

 
$
115,387

 
$
39,714

 
$
32,111

 
$
22,164

 
$
453,336

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The following table presents a reconciliation of the reported amount of income tax expense to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations:
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For the Year Ended December 31,
Components of income tax rate reconciliation
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Income tax expense computed at the statutory federal income tax rate
 
21
 %
 
35
 %
 
35
 %
State taxes net of federal expense
 
1
 %
 
1
 %
 
 %
Section 162(m)
 
1
 %
 
 %
 
(1
)%
Valuation allowance
 
(20
)%
 
(35
)%
 
(34
)%
Effective income tax rate
 
3
 %
 
1
 %
 
 %

 
For the Year Ended December 31,
Components of income tax expense
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Current federal income tax benefit
 
$

 
$
(48
)
 
$
(104
)
Deferred federal income tax (benefit) expense
 
3,594

 
(45
)
 

Deferred state income tax expense
 
4,516

 
1,366

 
90

Total income tax (benefit) expense
 
$
8,110

 
$
1,273

 
$
(14
)