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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE L – INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 90% and 52% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 45% and 39% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The income tax expense for this period was determined based on an estimated annual effective tax rate of 33% for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2015. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2015 differs from the estimated annual 2015 effective tax rate primarily due to an increase in losses in jurisdictions where no tax benefit is recognized coupled with a relatively low level of pre-tax income during the quarter. The higher effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 35% was primarily due to an increase in losses in jurisdictions where no tax benefit is recognized.

The Company provides valuation allowances against deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. No significant changes to the valuation allowance were reflected for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.

As of September 30, 2015, the Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $.2 million. Under the provisions of ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes, the Company does not anticipate any material changes to the amount of unrecognized tax benefits within the next three months.