Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes	19. Income Taxes Mattel’s provision for income taxes was $1.8 million and $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, Mattel recognized net discrete tax expense of $3.7 million primarily related to reassessments of prior years’ tax liabilities based on the status of audits and tax filings in various jurisdictions around the world, settlements, and enacted tax law changes. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, Mattel recognized net discrete tax benefits of $4.0 million primarily related to the signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act on January 2, 2013, which extended the Research and Development tax credit retroactively for the 2012 tax year. In the first quarter of 2014, Mattel adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists, which generally requires an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, to be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. However, to the extent a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or the applicable tax law does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. Upon adoption of ASU 2013-11, Mattel reclassified unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $44 million, primarily recorded within other noncurrent liabilities, against its noncurrent deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2014. There was no impact on Mattel’s operating results. In the normal course of business, Mattel is regularly audited by federal, state and foreign tax authorities. The IRS is currently auditing Mattel’s 2010 and 2011 federal income tax returns. Mattel expects that the completion of the audit will occur in the second quarter of 2014. Based on the current status of federal, state and foreign audits, Mattel believes it is reasonably possible that in the next twelve months, the total unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $40 million to $60 million related to the settlement of tax audits and/or the expiration of statutes of limitations. The ultimate settlement of any particular issue with the applicable taxing authority could have a material impact on Mattel’s consolidated financial statements.

19. Income Taxes

Mattel’s provision for income taxes was $1.8 million and $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, Mattel recognized net discrete tax expense of $3.7 million primarily related to reassessments of prior years’ tax liabilities based on the status of audits and tax filings in various jurisdictions around the world, settlements, and enacted tax law changes. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, Mattel recognized net discrete tax benefits of $4.0 million primarily related to the signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act on January 2, 2013, which extended the Research and Development tax credit retroactively for the 2012 tax year.

In the first quarter of 2014, Mattel adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists, which generally requires an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, to be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. However, to the extent a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or the applicable tax law does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. Upon adoption of ASU 2013-11, Mattel reclassified unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $44 million, primarily recorded within other noncurrent liabilities, against its noncurrent deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2014. There was no impact on Mattel’s operating results.

In the normal course of business, Mattel is regularly audited by federal, state and foreign tax authorities. The IRS is currently auditing Mattel’s 2010 and 2011 federal income tax returns. Mattel expects that the completion of the audit will occur in the second quarter of 2014.

Based on the current status of federal, state and foreign audits, Mattel believes it is reasonably possible that in the next twelve months, the total unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by approximately $40 million to $60 million related to the settlement of tax audits and/or the expiration of statutes of limitations. The ultimate settlement of any particular issue with the applicable taxing authority could have a material impact on Mattel’s consolidated financial statements.