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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of pre-tax book income (loss)
The components of pre-tax book income (loss) consist of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
U.S.
$
(62,203
)
 
$
91,026

 
$
(47,080
)
Foreign 
21,081

 
52,451

 
7,236

Total 
$
(41,122
)
 
$
143,477

 
$
(39,844
)
Significant components of the income before income tax expense
Significant components of the income tax expense consist of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. federal current expense (benefit)
$

 
$
(112
)
 
$
532

State current expense (benefit)
(706
)
 
2,252

 
(445
)
Foreign current expense
13,473

 
15,098

 
6,198

Total current expense
12,767

 
17,238

 
6,285

Deferred:
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. federal deferred benefit
(1,564
)
 
(1,696
)
 
(3,905
)
State deferred benefit

 
(12
)
 
(207
)
Foreign deferred tax expense
(1,927
)
 
2,778

 
958

Total deferred benefit
(3,491
)
 
1,070

 
(3,154
)
Total income tax expense
$
9,276

 
$
18,308

 
$
3,131

Reconciliation of the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate on income (loss)
A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate on income (loss) is as follows:
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Federal Statutory Rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Permanent differences
1.9

 
4.3

 
54.5

State taxes, net of Federal benefit
(16.0
)
 
(6.2
)
 
97.2

Foreign earnings taxed at different rates than U.S.
3.0

 
(1.3
)
 
17.4

Valuation allowance
(56.6
)
 
(26.0
)
 
(265.9
)
Changes in uncertain tax reserves
(4.2
)
 
0.6

 
40.5

Other
14.3

 
6.4

 
13.4

Effective tax rate
(22.6
)%
 
12.8
 %
 
(7.9
)%
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities
Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 are as follows: 
 
2015
2014
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
Accrued postretirement benefit cost
$
14,825

$
15,683

Accrued liabilities
1,080

4,494

Share-based compensation
6,421

7,350

Derivative and hedging contracts

58,687

Goodwill
7,949

10,521

Pension and post-retirement obligations in other comprehensive income
78,753

81,567

Net operating losses and tax credits
700,819

646,158

Foreign basis differences
2,083

668

Other
10,676

8,748

Total deferred tax assets
822,606

833,876

Valuation allowance
(768,764
)
(748,283
)
Net deferred tax assets
$
53,842

$
85,593

Deferred tax liabilities:
 

 

Tax over financial statement depreciation
$
(116,327
)
$
(142,627
)
Pension
(15,608
)
(14,222
)
Unremitted foreign earnings
(18,901
)
(30,308
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(150,836
)
(187,157
)
Net deferred tax liability
$
(96,994
)
$
(101,564
)
Changes in valuation allowance
The changes in the valuation allowance are as follows:
 
2015
2014
Beginning balance, valuation allowance
$
748,283

$
765,023

Change in valuation allowance
20,481

(16,740
)
Ending balance, valuation allowance
$
768,764

$
748,283

Significant components of Net Operating Loss Carryforwards
The significant components of our NOL carryforwards are as follows:
 
 
2015
2014
Federal (1)
$
1,470,251

$
1,306,482

State (2)
2,094,687

2,078,105

Foreign (3)
466,743

446,234


(1)
The federal NOL begins to expire in 2028.
(2)
The state NOLs begin to expire in 2027.
(3)
The Icelandic NOL begins to expire in 2017; Dutch NOL begins to expire in 2022.

Reconciliation of beginning and ending amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest) is as follows:
 
2015
2014
2013
Balance as of January 1,  
$
2,000

$
1,200

$
17,600

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
1,800

1,100

700

Decreases due to lapse of applicable statute of limitations

(300
)
(2,800
)
Settlements 


(14,300
)
Balance as of December 31,
$
3,800

$
2,000

$
1,200

Significant components of unrecognized tax positions
The components of our unrecognized tax positions are as follows:
 
2015
2014
2013
Highly certain tax positions
$
3,700

$
1,900

$
1,100

Other unrecognized tax benefits
100

100

100

Gross unrecognized tax benefits
$
3,800

$
2,000

$
1,200

 Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits
$

$

$
100