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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE L – INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 27% and 18% for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and 27% and 22% for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 compared to the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% was primarily due to an increase in earnings in jurisdictions with lower tax rates than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate, where such earnings are permanently reinvested coupled with a $.4 million release of valuation allowance in the Asia Pacific region. The higher effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 compared with the same periods for 2015 was primarily due to a favorable resolution of a foreign tax audit in the Asia Pacific region in 2015.

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 asset and $.2 million related to its deferred tax liability from current to noncurrent, resulting in an increase of $7.4 million to the Company’s noncurrent deferred tax asset and a decrease of $1.0 million to the noncurrent deferred income tax liability.

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. The Company recognized a $.4 million benefit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 due to the release of valuation allowance in the Asia Pacific Region.

As of June 30, 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 twelve months.