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Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense consisted of the following:
  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2021 2020 2019
Current taxes:      
Federal $ (31) $ —  $ — 
State (50) (61) (24)
Total current taxes (81) (61) (24)
Deferred taxes:      
Federal (210) (219) (229)
State 79  (19) (30)
Total deferred taxes (131) (238) (259)
Total income tax expense $ (212) $ (299) $ (283)
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The following table presents a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate and our effective tax rate:
  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2021 2020 2019
Federal tax expense, at statutory rate 21.0  % 21.0  % 21.0  %
State income tax expense, net of federal benefit 4.1  % 4.2  % 3.9  %
Change in valuation allowance 1.5  % 0.7  % 0.3  %
Tax credits (4.7) % (10.2) % (2.7) %
Share-based compensation (1.0) % (3.5) % (2.4) %
Impact of nondeductible compensation 0.6  % 2.6  % 1.6  %
Automatic worthless stock deduction —  % (3.5) % —  %
Goodwill impairment —  % 53.7  % —  %
Uncertain tax positions (0.1) % 4.4  % —  %
Audit Settlements (7.6) % —  % —  %
Other, net 0.1  % 0.1  % 1.9  %
Effective tax rate 13.9  % 69.5  % 23.6  %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, shown before jurisdictional netting, are presented below:
  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2021 2020
Deferred tax assets:    
Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits $ 681  $ 745 
Deferred revenue 52  62 
Accrued bonus 35  29 
Expensed costs capitalized for tax 11 
Investments 20  21 
Stock based compensation 57  74 
Operating lease liability 104  118 
Other 12  — 
Total deferred tax assets 970  1,060 
Deferred tax liabilities:    
Depreciation of property and equipment (286) (237)
FCC license (522) (521)
Other intangible assets (263) (292)
Right of use asset (89) (106)
Other (5) (5)
Total deferred tax liabilities (1,165) (1,161)
Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance (195) (101)
Valuation allowance (83) (54)
Total net deferred tax (liability) asset $ (278) $ (155)
Schedule of Uncertain Income Tax Positions
Changes in our unrecognized tax benefits and uncertain tax positions from January 1 through December 31 are set forth below:
  2021 2020
Balance, beginning of year $ 433  $ 406 
Increases in tax positions for prior years 14 
Increases in tax positions for current year 13  20 
Decreases in tax positions for prior years (24) (7)
Decreases related to settlement with taxing authorities (252) — 
Balance, end of year $ 179  $ 433