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Income Taxes (Tables) - Orbitz | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | Pre-tax income/(loss) for U.S. and non-U.S. operations consisted of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014
| (in thousands)
U.S. | $ | 67,093 |
Non-U.S. | (22,532 | )
Income/(loss) before income taxes | $ | 44,561 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The provision/(benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014
| (in thousands)
Current |  |
U.S. federal and state | $ | 272 |
Non-U.S. | 1,775 |
Total current | 2,047 |
Deferred |  |
U.S. federal and state | 22,910 |
Non-U.S. | 2,324 |
Total deferred | 25,234 |
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes | $ | 27,281 |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Current and non-current deferred income tax assets and liabilities in various jurisdictions are composed of the following:
| December 31, 2014
| (in thousands)
Current deferred income tax assets/(liabilities): |  |
Accrued liabilities and deferred income | $ | 2,185 |
Provision for bad debts | 314 |
Prepaid expenses | (2,069 | )
Tax sharing liability | 6,295 |
Reserve accounts | 4,283 |
Valuation allowance | (509 | )
Current net deferred income tax assets (a) | $ | 10,499 |
Non-current deferred income tax assets/(liabilities): |  |
U.S. net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 46,431 |
Non-U.S. net operating loss carryforwards | 93,244 |
Accrued liabilities and deferred income | 6,995 |
Depreciation and amortization | 66,462 |
Tax sharing liability | 22,571 |
Other | 8,818 |
Valuation allowance | (108,714 | )
Non-current net deferred income tax assets | $ | 135,807 |
(a) | The current portion of the deferred income tax asset at December 31, 2014 is included in Other current assets in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies | The table below shows the changes in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits during the year ended December 31, 2014:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2014
| (in thousands)
Balance at January 1, | $ | 3,569 |
Increase as a result of tax positions taken during the prior year | — |
Decrease as a result of tax positions taken during the prior year | (209 | )
Impact of foreign currency translation | (12 | )
Balance at December 31, | $ | 3,348 |

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