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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE L – INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 27% and (334)% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The income tax expense for the current period was determined based on an estimated annual effective tax rate of 30% for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2016. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is lower than the estimated annual 2016 effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to an increase in earnings in jurisdictions with lower tax rates than the U.S. federal statutory rate, where such earnings are permanently reinvested coupled with a relatively low level of pre-tax income in the U.S during the quarter. The effective rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was not meaningful primarily due to the amount, timing and mix of earnings by jurisdiction and the reversal of losses in certain jurisdictions where no tax benefit was recognized in 2015, partially offset by an increase in earnings in jurisdictions with lower tax rates than the U.S. federal statutory rate where such earnings are permanently reinvested.

 

As described in Note I, the Company elected to early adopt FASB guidance ASU 2015-17 “Income Taxes-Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes” as of March 31, 2016 and to apply the guidance retrospectively to all periods presented related to the classification of current and noncurrent deferred tax assets and liabilities. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2015, the Company reclassified the prior period amount of $8.6 million related to its deferred tax assets and $.2 million related to its deferred tax liabilities from current to noncurrent, resulting in an increase of $7.4 million to our noncurrent deferred tax assets and a decrease of $1.0 million to the noncurrent deferred income tax liabilities.

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 recorded for the period ended March 31, 2016.

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $.2 million with no significant changes during this period. The Company may decrease its unrecognized tax benefits by $.2 million within the next nine months.