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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Pretax Income

The components of pretax income in consolidated companies for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2014      2013      2012  

United States

   $ (10,848,050    $ (1,641,203    $ (753,531

Brazil

     91,136,394         61,573,972         52,460,902   

Argentina

     53,065,458         46,438,235         40,466,354   

Venezuela

     (31,360,284      36,855,421         29,620,800   

Mexico

     6,094,361         9,490,012         7,320,041   

Other Countries

     13,707,942         10,393,007         11,102,960   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 121,795,821    $ 163,109,444    $ 140,217,526   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Summary of Income / Asset Tax Expense

Income / asset tax is composed of the following:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2014      2013      2012  

Current:

        

Federal

   $ 2,120       $ —         $ —     

Foreign

     66,786,496         49,488,472       $ 39,371,170   

Deferred:

        

Federal

     465,277         799,166         998,536   

Foreign

     (18,110,844      (4,913,379      (1,586,024
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (17,645,567   (4,114,213   (587,488
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income Tax:

  49,143,050      45,374,259      38,783,682   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Foreign asset tax

  —        208,922      87,697   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income / asset tax expense

$ 49,143,050    $ 45,583,181    $ 38,871,379   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

Reconciliation of Difference Between Actual Provision for Income Taxes and Provision Computed by Applying Income Tax Rate

The following is a reconciliation of the difference between the actual provision for income taxes and the provision computed by applying the blended income tax rate for 2014, 2013 and 2012 to income before taxes:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2014     2013     2012  

Net income before income tax

   $ 121,795,821      $ 163,109,444      $ 140,217,526   

Weighted average income tax rate

     33     34     33
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense at blended tax rate

$ 40,783,129    $ 55,241,195    $ 46,593,938   

Permanent differences:

Federal and assets taxes

  3,527      —        —     

Transfer Pricing

  616,101      —        —     

Non-deductible tax

  258,153      —        —     

Non-deductible expenses

  2,310,535      1,777,180      1,657,662   

Dividend distributions

  4,221,176      1,414,915      847,798   

Impairment of Venezuelan long-lived assets

  14,734,001      —        —     

Non-taxable income (*)

  (9,564,540   (12,321,790   (9,852,468

Currency translation

  (5,217,696   (1,552,169   (1,213,340

Change in valuation allowance

  1,094,214      736,910      572,790   

Business Combination

  (40,469   34,706      —     

True up

  (55,081   43,312      177,302   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense

$ 49,143,050    $ 45,374,259    $ 38,783,682   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*) Includes Argentine Tax holiday described in Note 2 “Income and asset tax”
Composition of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The following table summarizes the composition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

     December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

Deferred tax assets

    

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 8,278,013      $ 8,210,283   

Unrealized net losses on investments

     42,783        —     

Property and equipment

     2,636,124        147,263   

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     953,842        2,014,026   

Payroll and social security payable

     5,407,562        3,960,481   

Foreign exchange effect

     7,526,669        22,714   

Customer lists

     —          47,929   

Taxes payable

     354,272        1,058,659   

Goodwill

     519,432        —     

Provisions

     4,946,080        3,553,360   

Foreign tax credit

     4,327,796        668,659   

Tax loss carryforwards

     2,611,877        2,451,524   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

  37,604,450      22,134,898   

Valuation allowance

  (4,531,232   (3,089,113
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets, net

  33,073,218      19,045,785   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
 

Total deferred tax assets, net

     33,073,218        19,045,785   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities

Unrealized net gains on investments

  —        (10,767

Property and equipment

  (3,233,145   (2,883,458

Customer lists

  (2,618,827   (45,963

Non compete agreement

  (265,670   (26,019

Outside basis dividends

  (4,327,796   (668,659

Trademarks

  (1,577,422   (1,693,256

Convertible notes and Capped Call

  (8,367,701   —     

Other liabilities

  —        (11,237
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

  (20,390,561   (5,339,359
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

$ 12,682,657    $ 13,706,426   
  

 

 

   

 

 

Tax Loss Carryforwards

As of December 31, 2014, consolidated loss carryforwards for income tax purposes were $8,755,535. If not utilized, tax loss carryforwards will begin to expire as follows:

 

2016

$ 36,411   

2017

  4,794   

2018

  39,327   

Thereafter

  5,753,888   

Without due dates

  2,921,115   
  

 

 

 

Total

$ 8,755,535