Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2016 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes |
Income Taxes
For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before income taxes was 51.4 percent and 16.1 percent, respectively, compared with a U.S. federal statutory rate of 35.0 percent.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2016, was primarily attributed to current year foreign losses, primarily related to China, that presently do not provide future tax benefit and an adjustment of a prior year deferred tax asset related to foreign currency translation amounts offset by net favorable foreign items related to tax rate differences.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was primarily attributed to the partial utilization of discrete foreign tax credit benefits related to intercompany dividends paid by foreign subsidiaries to the U.S. corporation in prior years.
Changes to the effective rate due to dividends received from foreign subsidiaries and the impact of foreign tax credits are expected to be recurring. Depending on various factors, changes from the foregoing items may be favorable or unfavorable in a particular period.
The Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for 2012 through 2014 are open to examination for federal tax purposes. The Company has several foreign tax jurisdictions that have open tax years from 2008 through 2015.
As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had accrued $7.8 million related to unrecognized tax positions.
Interim income taxes are based on an estimated annualized effective tax rate applied to the respective quarterly periods, adjusted for discrete tax items in the period in which they occur. Although the Company believes its tax estimates are reasonable, the Company can make no assurance that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different from that which it has reflected in its historical income tax provisions and accruals. Such differences could have a material impact on the Company’s income tax provision and operating results in the period in which the Company makes such determination.
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