QUINTANA ENERGY SERVICES INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
The ABL Facility contains events of default customary for facilities of this nature, including, but not limited, to: (i) events of default resulting from the Company’s failure or the failure of any credit other party to comply with covenants (including the above-referenced financial covenant during periods in which the financial covenant is tested); (ii) the occurrence of a change of control; (iii) the institution of insolvency or similar proceedings against QES or any other credit party; and (iv) the occurrence of a default under any other material indebtedness that any credit party may have. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default, subject to the terms and conditions of the ABL Facility, the lenders will be able to declare any outstanding principal balance of our ABL Facility, together with accrued and unpaid interest, to be immediately due and payable and exercise other remedies, including remedies against the collateral, as more particularly specified in the ABL Facility. As of June 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants.
QES uses standby letters of credit, arranged through our ABL facility, to facilitate commercial transactions with third parties and to secure our performance to certain vendors. Under these arrangements, QES has payment obligations to the issuing bank that are triggered by a draw by certain third parties in the event QES fails to perform according to the terms of its underlying contract.
As of June 30, 2020, QES had issued a letter of credit for $2.9 million. The unused amount under the letter of credit was $2.9 million. To the extent liabilities are incurred as a result of the activities covered by the letter of credit, such liabilities are included on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
NOTE 6 - Income Taxes
As the Company does not operate internationally, income from continuing operations is sourced exclusively from the United States.
Income tax expense during interim periods is based on our estimated annual effective income tax rate plus any items, which are recorded in the period in which they occur. Items include, among others, such events as changes in estimates due to the finalization of tax returns, tax audit settlements, expiration of statutes of limitation, and increases or decreases in valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Our effective tax rate was (0.3)% and (1.7)% for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate for the period ended June 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 was primarily due to changes in state apportionment.
Tax positions are evaluated for recognition using a more-likely-than-not threshold, and those tax positions requiring recognition are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. At June 30, 2020, the Company did not have any accrued liability for uncertain tax positions and does not anticipate recognition of any significant liabilities for uncertain tax positions during the next 12 months.
The federal and state statutes of limitations have expired for all tax years prior to 2016 and we are not currently under audit by the IRS or any state jurisdiction.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have enacted or are contemplating measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures may include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the United States, includes measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, there were no material tax impacts to our condensed consolidated financial statements as it relates to COVID-19 measures. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company elected to defer the employer portion of social security tax incurred from the date of the enactment of the CARES Act until the end of 2020. We continue to monitor additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and others.
NOTE 7 - Related Party Transactions
The Company utilizes some Quintana Capital Group, L.P. affiliate employees for certain accounting and risk management functions and incurs some tool rental and maintenance charges from Archer Well Company Inc. These amounts are reimbursed by the Company on a monthly basis.
At June 30, 2020 and 2019 QES had the following transactions with related parties (in thousands of U.S. dollars):
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| | June 30, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
Accounts payable to affiliates of Quintana Capital Group, L.P. | | $ | 162 | | | $ | 23 | |
Accounts payable to affiliates of Archer Well Company Inc. | | $ | 26 | | | $ | 21 | |
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