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DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES [Abstract] |
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES |
7. | DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the Income Taxes Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Codification. These standards establish financial accounting and reporting standards for the effects of income taxes that result from an enterprise's activities during the current and preceding years. The Company takes an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes. The Company pays income taxes in many foreign jurisdictions based on the profits realized in those jurisdictions, which can be significantly impacted by terms of intercompany transactions between the Company and its foreign affiliates. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are created in this process. As of June 30, 2014, the Company had net deferred tax assets of $61.7 million. The Company has netted these deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities by jurisdiction. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be ultimately realized. The Company evaluates its indefinite reinvestment assertions with respect to foreign earnings for each quarter. Other than earnings the Company intends to reinvest indefinitely, the Company accrues for the U.S. federal, state and foreign income tax applicable to the earnings. Undistributed earnings that the Company has indefinitely reinvested, and for which no federal income taxes in the U.S. have been provided, aggregate to $50.0 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. In the event that all non-U.S. subsidiaries' undistributed earnings, which the Company has designated as indefinitely reinvested, were remitted to the United States to fund operating and capital plans, regulatory capital requirements, parent company financing or cash flow needs, the amount of incremental taxes would be approximately $5.5 million.

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