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Income Taxes (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 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:
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
Current income tax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign
 
$
8,728
 
$
2,086
 
$
17,985
 
$
6,652
 
Deferred income tax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign
 
 
(204)
 
 
(316)
 
 
(1,058)
 
 
352
 
Total Provision for Income tax
 
$
8,524
 
$
1,770
 
$
16,927
 
$
7,004
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
 
 
129
%
 
12
%
 
289
%
 
171
%
Summary of Changes in Liability Fair Value, Nontaxable [Table Text Block]
The Company's effective tax rates for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 reflect the non-cash, non-deductible losses and non-taxable gains from changes in the fair values of the Company’s warrant and earnout shares liabilities in the table below:
 
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
Nine  months ended  September 30,
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
Change in fair value of warrant liability
 
 
10,148
 
 
-6,756
 
 
21,461
 
 
6,769
 
Change in fair value of earnout shares liability
 
 
2,519
 
 
-1,861
 
 
10,191
 
 
9,897
 
Total non-cash, nontaxable effects of changes in fair value of liabilities
 
 
12,667
 
 
-8,617
 
 
31,652
 
 
16,666