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Income Taxes (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | Note 15 - Income Taxes Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was (7.1)% and 15.7%, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, we recorded income tax expense (benefit) of $4.5 million and $(15.5) million on loss before income taxes of $63.7 million and $98.7 million, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, compared with the same period in 2017, was primarily due to the $22.7 million income tax benefit recognized in the third quarter of 2017 related to the reversal of an uncertain tax position liability upon expiration of the statute of limitations. The most significant potential benefit of the Tax Act, the reduction in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, did not have an impact on our effective tax rate as we are currently generating losses in the U.S. for which a tax benefit has not been recorded as we have recognized a full valuation allowance on our U.S. deferred tax assets. We recognized incremental income tax expense of $2.8 million for the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) provision of the Tax Act in the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This increase in income tax expense related to implementing provisions of the Tax Act that were effective January 1, 2018 was offset by a reduction in income tax expense as a result of our adoption of ASU 2016-16 on January 1, 2018, as the deferred tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets recognized as prepaid income taxes are no longer amortized to income tax expense over the life of the asset. Income tax expense related to uncertain tax positions increased in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the same period of 2017, due to the $22.7 million reversal recognized in the third quarter of 2017 as disclosed above. The reduction in the statutory U.S. federal rate is expected to positively impact our future U.S. after-tax earnings. However, the ultimate impact is subject to the effect of other complex provisions in the Tax Act (including BEAT, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) and revised interest deductibility limitations) which we are currently reviewing. It is possible that any impact of these provisions could significantly reduce the benefit of the reduction in the statutory U.S. federal rate. Due to the uncertain practical and technical application of many of these provisions in the Tax Act, at this time, we are unable to make a final determination of the precise impact on our future earnings, and our accounting for the Tax Act remains incomplete. Ocwen will continue to gather additional information and evaluate the impact within the measurement period allowed, which will be completed no later than the fourth quarter of calendar year 2018. At December 31, 2017 we were able to reasonably estimate certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments associated with the deemed repatriation transition tax and the reduction in the statutory U.S. federal tax rate. We have not recorded any additional measurement-period adjustments related to the transition tax or the reduction in the U.S. federal tax rate during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. We are continuing to gather additional information and expect to complete our accounting for the transition tax within the prescribed measurement period. At September 30, 2018 we were not yet able to reasonably estimate the effects of certain elements of the Tax Act, such as BEAT, GILTI and revised interest deductibility limitations. Therefore, no provisional adjustments were recorded. Because of the complexity of the new GILTI tax rules, we are continuing to evaluate this provision of the Tax Act and the application of ASC 740. Under U.S. GAAP, we are permitted to make an accounting policy election of either (1) treating taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred (the “period cost method”) or (2) factoring such amounts into a company’s measurement of its deferred taxes (the “deferred method”). Our selection of an accounting policy related to the new GILTI tax rules will depend, in part, on analyzing our global income to determine whether we expect to have future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI and, if so, what the impact is expected to be. Whether we expect to have future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI depends on a number of different aspects of our estimated future results of global operations, and as a result, we are not yet able to reasonably estimate the long-term effects of this provision of the Tax Act. Therefore, we have not recorded any deferred tax effects related to GILTI in our financial statements and have not made a policy election regarding whether to record deferred taxes on GILTI or to apply the period cost method as of September 30, 2018. We have, however, included an estimate of the 2018 current GILTI impact in the calculation of our annualized effective tax rate for 2018. In addition, we have included an estimate of the 2018 current BEAT impact in the calculation of our annualized effective tax rate for 2018. We expect to complete our accounting within the prescribed measurement period.

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