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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Company's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| December 31, 2016 $ |  | December 31, 2015 $
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Vessels and equipment | 40,928 |  |  | 43,289 |
Tax losses carried forward(1) | 276,291 |  |  | 321,648 |
Other | 17,075 |  |  | 22,141 |
Total deferred tax assets | 334,294 |  |  | 387,078 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Vessels and equipment | 5,974 |  |  | 10,577 |
Long-term debt | 1,691 |  |  | 3,218 |
Other | 11,626 |  |  | 15,090 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 19,291 |  |  | 28,885 |
Net deferred tax assets | 315,003 |  |  | 358,193 |
Valuation allowance | (290,015 | ) |  | (322,491 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 24,988 |  |  | 35,702 |
Net deferred tax assets are presented in other non-current assets and other long term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Certain of the balances in the comparative columns above have been adjusted with no impact on the amount of the net deferred tax assets.
(1) | Substantially all of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards of $1.26 billion relate primarily to its Norwegian, U.K., Spanish, and Luxembourg subsidiaries and, to a lesser extent, to its Australian ship-owning subsidiaries. These net operating loss carryforwards are available to offset future taxable income in the respective jurisdictions, and can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company also has $36.4 million in disallowed finance costs that relate to its Spanish subsidiaries and are available to offset future taxable income in Spain and can also be carried forward indefinitely.
Components of Provision for Income Taxes | The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, 2016 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2015 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2014 $
Current | (14,424 | ) |  | (10,440 | ) |  | (6,460 | )
Deferred | (10,044 | ) |  | 27,207 |  |  | (3,713 | )
Income tax (expense) recovery | (24,468 | ) |  | 16,767 |  |  | (10,173 | )
Reconciliations of Income Tax Rates and Actual Tax Charge | Reconciliations of the tax charge related to the relevant year at the applicable statutory income tax rates and the actual tax charge related to the relevant year are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, 2016 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2015 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2014 $
Net income before taxes | 111,132 |  |  | 388,693 |  |  | 134,175 |
Net income (loss) not subject to taxes | 57,862 |  |  | 252,604 |  |  | (80,454 | )
Net income subject to taxes | 53,270 |  |  | 136,089 |  |  | 214,629 |
At applicable statutory tax rates | 5,996 |  |  | 32,750 |  |  | 39,382 |
Permanent and currency differences, adjustments to valuation allowances and uncertain tax positions | 18,198 |  |  | (49,789 | ) |  | (28,027 | )
Other | 274 |  |  | 272 |  |  | (1,182 | )
Tax expense (recovery) related to the current year | 24,468 |  |  | (16,767 | ) |  | 10,173 |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Recorded in Other Long-Term Liabilities | The following is a roll-forward of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits, recorded in other long-term liabilities, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016:
| Year Ended December 31, 2016 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2015 $ |  | Year Ended December 31, 2014 $
Balance of unrecognized tax benefits as at January 1 | 18,390 |  |  | 20,335 |  |  | 20,304 |
Increases for positions related to the current year | 6,422 |  |  | 4,578 |  |  | 3,643 |
Changes for positions taken in prior years | (3,729 | ) |  | (2,965 | ) |  | 1,015 |
Decreases related to statute of limitations | (1,591 | ) |  | (3,558 | ) |  | (4,627 | )
Balance of unrecognized tax benefits as at December 31 | 19,492 |  |  | 18,390 |  |  | 20,335 |

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