v2.4.1.9

Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Rates [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes income tax rates under the tax reform law:

		2015				2016				2017				2018				2019
Income Tax			25	%			25	%			25	%			25	%			25	%
CREE Tax			9	%			9	%			9	%			9	%			9	%
CREE Surtax			5	%			6	%			8	%			9	%			-
Total Tax on Income			39	%			40	%			42	%			43	%			34	%

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

		2015				2014
Current income tax
Foreign		$	4,929			$	2,423
Deferred income tax
Foreign		$	(157)			$	548
Total Provision for Income tax			4,772				2,971
Effective income tax rate			33.1	%			-173	%

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Tabular disclosure of the income tax rates under the tax reform law.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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