Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 nine months ended September 30, 2014. The Company also records discrete items in each respective period as appropriate. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2014 is 35.4%. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, there were no discrete items recorded. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was not meaningful due to the impact of the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge of $83.8 million. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013, excluding the impact of the goodwill impairment charge, and a discrete item related to the settlement of a foreign audit would have been 38.0%. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 is 36.2%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the effective tax rate was not materially impacted by discrete items recorded. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was not meaningful due to the impact of the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge of $83.8 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we recorded a deferred tax valuation reserve related to foreign tax credits, primarily due to lower forecasted foreign earnings, resulting in a discrete increase to the income tax provision in the amount of $6.9 million. We also recognized the impact of a discrete benefit related to the favorable resolution of an income tax contingency in the amount of $2.2 million. Excluding the impact of this discrete item and the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 would have been 36.4%. During the second quarter of 2013, we determined that certain deferred tax assets associated with 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 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, valuation allowances of $9.8 million and $10.2 million, respectively, were recorded against the Company’s net deferred tax assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the company decreased its valuation allowance on its foreign deferred tax assets by $0.4 million associated with future foreign tax credits and foreign net operating loss carry forwards. As of September 30, 2013, valuation allowances of $9.5 million were recorded. As of September 30, 2014, all of the Company’s undistributed non-U.S. subsidiary earnings are considered indefinitely invested. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2014, we have not provided for deferred taxes on $22.5 million of the undistributed non-U.S. subsidiary earnings. A deferred tax liability will be recognized if and when the Company is no longer able to demonstrate that it plans to indefinitely reinvest undistributed earnings. If these earnings were repatriated, the Company would be subject to U.S. income taxes. The amount of the unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability associated with the indefinitely reinvested undistributed earnings is estimated to be approximately $7.9 million as of September 30, 2014. As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the liability for uncertain tax positions was $2.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively. During the first nine months of 2014, the Company effectively settled certain prior year tax matters. As a result, the Company reversed approximately $1.2 million of its liability for uncertain tax positions.

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 nine months ended September 30, 2014. The Company also records discrete items in each respective period as appropriate.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2014 is 35.4%. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, there were no discrete items recorded. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was not meaningful due to the impact of the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge of $83.8 million. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013, excluding the impact of the goodwill impairment charge, and a discrete item related to the settlement of a foreign audit would have been 38.0%.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 is 36.2%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the effective tax rate was not materially impacted by discrete items recorded. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was not meaningful due to the impact of the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge of $83.8 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we recorded a deferred tax valuation reserve related to foreign tax credits, primarily due to lower forecasted foreign earnings, resulting in a discrete increase to the income tax provision in the amount of $6.9 million. We also recognized the impact of a discrete benefit related to the favorable resolution of an income tax contingency in the amount of $2.2 million. Excluding the impact of this discrete item and the non-deductible goodwill impairment charge, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 would have been 36.4%.

During the second quarter of 2013, we determined that certain deferred tax assets associated with 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 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, valuation allowances of $9.8 million and $10.2 million, respectively, were recorded against the Company’s net deferred tax assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the company decreased its valuation allowance on its foreign deferred tax assets by $0.4 million associated with future foreign tax credits and foreign net operating loss carry forwards. As of September 30, 2013, valuation allowances of $9.5 million were recorded.

As of September 30, 2014, all of the Company’s undistributed non-U.S. subsidiary earnings are considered indefinitely invested. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2014, we have not provided for deferred taxes on $22.5 million of the undistributed non-U.S. subsidiary earnings. A deferred tax liability will be recognized if and when the Company is no longer able to demonstrate that it plans to indefinitely reinvest undistributed earnings. If these earnings were repatriated, the Company would be subject to U.S. income taxes. The amount of the unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability associated with the indefinitely reinvested undistributed earnings is estimated to be approximately $7.9 million as of September 30, 2014.

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the liability for uncertain tax positions was $2.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively. During the first nine months of 2014, the Company effectively settled certain prior year tax matters. As a result, the Company reversed approximately $1.2 million of its liability for uncertain tax positions.