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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The Company recognized income tax expense of $8.5 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 35.9% and 2.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
The Company recognized income tax expense of $18.4 million and an income tax benefit of $100.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 31.6% and (307.0)% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
A valuation allowance is required to be established or maintained when, based on currently available information and other factors, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The guidance on accounting for income taxes provides important factors in determining whether a deferred tax asset will be realized, including whether there has been sufficient taxable income in recent years and whether sufficient income can reasonably be expected in future years in order to utilize the deferred tax asset.
In the first quarter of 2013, the Company had maintained a valuation allowance against its domestic deferred tax assets and adjusted its valuation allowance as deferred tax assets increased or decreased, resulting in effectively no tax expense or benefit being recorded for domestic operations. As a result, the income tax expense in the first quarter of 2013 primarily related to tax expense at the Company’s non-U.S. operations that were not in a cumulative loss position.
In the second quarter of 2013, the Company determined that the valuation allowance on a significant portion of U.S. deferred tax assets could be released. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of current and expected domestic earnings, industry and market trends, tax planning strategies, and general business risks resulted in a more likely than not conclusion of being able to realize a significant portion of our U.S. deferred tax assets. In connection with that determination, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $102.4 million in the second quarter of 2013.
As the Company no longer maintains a valuation allowance against most domestic tax assets, tax expense has been recognized on domestic earnings, as well as non-U.S. earnings, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
We continue to evaluate the need to maintain a valuation allowance on certain state and foreign deferred tax assets based on our assessment of whether it is more likely than not that deferred tax benefits will be realized through the generation of future taxable income. The total valuation allowance on state deferred tax assets was $4.1 million and $4.7 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The total valuation allowance on foreign deferred tax assets, which principally relate to Spanish net operating loss carryforwards, was $4.7 million and $5.1 million at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Appropriate consideration is given to all available evidence, both positive and negative, in assessing the need of a valuation allowance.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was favorably impacted by a $1.1 million net reduction in unrecognized tax benefits, primarily related to the completion of an IRS audit.