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

Note 6 – Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 is equal to our expected 2015 annual tax rate of 15%. This is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 34% primarily due to income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates. In the first half of 2015, our annual tax rate was estimated to be 14%. Our effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2015 was 17%. It is higher than the expected annual rate because it includes an adjustment for the first half of 2015 to account for the increase in the expected annual rate from 14% to 15%.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was equal to our expected 2014 annual tax rate of 14%. This was lower than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates. In the first half of 2014, our expected annual rate was estimated to be 15%. Our effective rate for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 was 13%. The effective rate for the third quarter was lower than the expected annual rate because it included an adjustment for the first half of 2014 for the reduction in the expected annual rate from 15% to 14%.

At December 31, 2014, we had foreign tax credit carryforwards of $5,516 for future U.S. tax returns. Foreign tax credits of $944 expire in 2015 and the remaining $4,572 expire in 2023 and 2024. We have not provided a valuation reserve for the foreign tax credits as we believe it is more likely than not that they will be realized.

At December 31, 2014, we had foreign net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards of $4,366 and other foreign deductible carryforwards of $3,568. The foreign NOL carryforwards have no expiration dates and the other deductible carryforwards expire from 2016 to 2021. At December 31, 2014, we had a valuation allowance of $2,378 for certain foreign deferred tax assets and $122 for a U.S. state NOL carryforward.