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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE L – INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 27% and 90% for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and 27% and 45% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 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 the recognition of favorable discrete items, primarily a $.4 million release of valuation allowance in the Asia Pacific region and a $.2 million reversal of unrecognized tax benefits for the expiration of statutes of limitation. The lower effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared with the same periods for 2015 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 the recognition of favorable discrete items, primarily a $.4 million release of valuation allowance in the Asia Pacific region and a $.2 million reversal of unrecognized tax benefits for the expiration of statutes of limitation. The effective rate for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 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 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 its 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 nine months ended September 30, 2016 due to release of valuation allowance in the Asia Pacific Region.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $0 million. Under the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes, the Company reduced previously unrecognized tax benefits by $.2 million primarily due to the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations. The Company does not anticipate any material changes to the amount of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.