Income Taxes |
9 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2019 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes | Income Taxes For the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, our provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before income taxes was 60.9 percent and 57.6 percent, respectively, compared with a U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, our provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before income taxes was 49.2 percent and 68.8 percent, respectively, compared with a U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, was primarily attributed to stock option expenses not deductible for tax purposes, current year foreign losses that presently do not provide future tax benefit, as well as net unfavorable foreign tax related items, partially offset by a decrease in tax liability associated with uncertain tax positions.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, was primarily attributed to foreign losses during those periods, largely related to China, that were not expected to provide future tax benefit as well as net unfavorable foreign tax related items, partially offset by a decrease in the tax liability associated with uncertain tax positions.
As the U.S. Department of the Treasury is working on finalizing Treasury Regulations with respect to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Reform Act), future changes could likewise affect recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities in later periods. Management is not aware of any such additional changes that would have a material effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
Our U.S. federal income tax returns for 2016 through 2018 are open to examination for federal tax purposes. The IRS is currently conducting an examination of our 2017 U.S. federal income tax return. We have several foreign tax jurisdictions that have open tax years from 2012 through 2018.
As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had accrued $1.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, 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 we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, we can make no assurance that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different from that which we have reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. Such differences could have a material impact on our income tax provision and operating results in the period in which we make such determination.
|