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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Income Taxes

13. Income Taxes

The Company has estimated its annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year 2014 and applied that rate to its income before income taxes in determining its provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014. The Company also records discrete items in each respective period as appropriate. During the second quarter of 2013, we determined that certain deferred tax assets associated with United States (“U.S.”) future foreign tax credits no longer met the “more-likely-than-not” test regarding the realization of those assets primarily due to lower forecasted foreign earnings. Accordingly, the Company increased the valuation allowance against its U.S. future foreign tax credit assets, resulting in a discrete adjustment to the income tax provision in the amount of $6.9 million. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, valuation allowances of $9.6 million and $10.2 million, respectively, were recorded against the Company’s net deferred tax assets.