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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The effective tax rates for the first quarter 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,

June 28,

June 30,

June 28,
 
2016

2015
 
2016

2015
Effective tax rate
34.7
%
 
(75.7
)%
 
34.5
%
 
(27.7
)%

 
CTS' effective income tax rate for was 34.7% and (75.7)% in the second quarter of 2016 and 2015, respectively. The tax rate in the second quarter and first six months of 2016 reflected the change in the mix of earnings by jurisdiction, the impact of discrete items, the company’s decision to no longer permanently reinvest the earnings of its Canadian and U.K. subsidiaries, and tax expense for withholding taxes on earnings in China that are not anticipated to be maintained in China. CTS began recording tax expense for withholding taxes in China in the fourth quarter of 2015 and expects to continue this practice going forward. During the second quarter and first six months of 2015, CTS reflected a benefit attributable to filing amended U.S. federal tax returns in order to take credits for foreign taxes paid which was partially offset by a reserve recorded on an uncertain tax position.
 
CTS’ continuing practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters as income tax expense. For the three months ended June 30, 2016, and June 28, 2015, CTS accrued $186 and $820 of interest or penalties in income tax expense.