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Other Expense | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Other Expense | Other Expense The components of other expense are as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $
Freight tax provision | (2,050 | ) |  |  | (1,864 | ) |  |  | (10,014 | ) |  |  | (6,296 | ) |
Foreign exchange gain | 1,251 |  |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 6,025 |  |  |  | 151 |  |
Other income | — |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 227 |  |
Total | (799 | ) |  |  | (1,768 | ) |  |  | (3,940 | ) |  |  | (5,918 | ) |
The following reflects the changes in the Company’s potential tax on freight income, recorded in other long-term liabilities, from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018:
| 2018
| $
Balance of unrecognized tax benefits as at January 1 | 26,054 |  |
Increases for positions related to the current period | 2,099 |  |
Changes for positions taken in prior periods | 1,852 |  |
Decreases related to statute of limitations | (93 | ) |
Balance of unrecognized tax benefits as at September 30 | 29,912 |  |
The Company does not presently anticipate its uncertain tax positions will significantly increase or decrease in the next 12 months; however, actual developments could differ from those currently expected.

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