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Note 10. Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of pre-tax income (loss) for domestic and foreign operations
The components of pretax income for domestic and foreign operations consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Domestic
$
351

 
$
290

 
$
230

Foreign
10

 
8

 
4

Pretax income
$
361

 
$
298

 
$
234

Schedule of income tax provision
The components of income tax expense consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
10

 
$
8

 
$
5

State
8

 
3

 
1

Foreign
2

 
3

 
4

Total current
20

 
14

 
10

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
107

 
91

 
76

State
16

 
4

 
1

Foreign
1

 
1

 

Total deferred
124

 
96

 
77

Income tax expense
$
144

 
$
110

 
$
87

Schedule of effective income tax rate
A reconciliation of the Company’s effective income tax rate at the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% to the actual expense was as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Federal statutory rate
35
%
 
35
 %
 
35
 %
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefits
4

 
2

 
5

Permanent differences
1

 
1

 
2

Net change in valuation allowance

 
1

 
(3
)
Other

 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Effective tax rate
40
%
 
37
%
 
37
%
Schedule of deferred income tax assets and liabilities
 
2016
 
2015
Deferred income tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating loss carryforwards
$
503

 
$
654

Tax credit carryforwards
41

 
28

Accrued liabilities
131

 
123

Minimum pension obligation
23

 
23

Provision for doubtful accounts
16

 
18

Liability for unrecognized tax benefits
3

 
6

Interest rate swaps
8

 
11

Other

 
1

Total deferred tax assets
725

 
864

Less: valuation allowance
(10
)
 
(11
)
Total deferred income tax assets after valuation allowance
715

 
853

Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
1,099

 
1,105

Change in tax return accounting methods

 
9

Prepaid expenses
1

 
2

Undistributed foreign earnings
2

 
2

Basis difference in investment in joint ventures
2

 
1

Total deferred tax liabilities
1,104

 
1,119

Net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(389
)
 
$
(266
)
Schedule of the rollforward of unrecognized tax benefits
The rollforward of unrecognized tax benefits are summarized in the table below:
Unrecognized tax benefits—January 1, 2014
113

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods
1

Gross decreases—tax positions in prior periods
(8
)
Gross increases—tax positions in current period
3

Settlements
(1
)
Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(2
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2014
106

Gross decreases—tax positions in prior periods
(4
)
Gross increases—tax positions in current period
1

Settlements
(23
)
Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(2
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2015
78

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods
3

Reduction due to lapse of statute of limitations
(3
)
Unrecognized tax benefits—December 31, 2016
$
78