Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Income Taxes	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes Effective September 20, 2018, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Legacy Inc. became subject to federal and state income taxes. Prior to consummation of the Corporate Reorganization, Legacy LP was treated as a partnership for federal and state income tax purposes, in which the taxable income or loss was passed through to its unitholders. Legacy LP was subject to Texas margin tax. In addition, certain of Legacy LP’s subsidiaries were c-corporations subject to federal and state income taxes. Therefore, with the exception of the state of Texas and certain subsidiaries, Legacy LP did not directly pay federal and state income taxes and recognition was not given to federal and state income taxes for its operations. On December 22, 2017, Public Law No. 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted into law. The provisions of the Tax Act that impact us include, but are not limited to, (1) reducing the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, (2) temporary bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of certain qualified property acquired after September 27, 2017, (3) limitations on the maximum deduction for net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards generated in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, to 80 percent of a taxpayer’s taxable income and (4) limitations on the maximum deduction for net business interest expense in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, to 30% of the taxpayer’s adjusted taxable income. We have previously reported preliminary amounts for the income effects of the Tax Act for Legacy as of December 31, 2017. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 we recorded income/(loss) before income taxes of $(141,148) and $14,290 respectively. All of Legacy's income is sourced within the United States. The effective combined U.S. federal and state income tax rates were 0.00% and 4.30% for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Legacy Inc. has recorded a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax position. A valuation allowance has been recorded as management does not believe that it is more-likely-than-not that its deferred tax assets will be realized.

Legacy Reserves Inc. 10-Q