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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The income tax expense (benefit) included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations represents federal, state and foreign income taxes.  The components of income (loss) before income taxes and the expense (benefit) for income taxes consist of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31

 

2015 

 

2014 

 

2013 

Income (loss) before income taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

$

          22,959

$

            1,635

$

           5,771

Foreign

 

          (2,729)

 

         (54,695)

 

         17,555

Total income (loss) before income taxes

$

          20,230

$

         (53,060)

$

         23,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

$

              386

 $

                    -

 $

                    -

State and foreign

 

           1,232

 

           1,382

 

             5,878

Total current expense

 

           1,618

 

           1,382

 

             5,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

                   -

 

                   -

 

                  -

   State and foreign

 

          (2,165)

 

          (3,238)

 

          (3,081)

Total deferred benefit

 

          (2,165)

 

          (3,238)

 

(3,081)

Total income tax expense (benefit)

 $

             (547)

$

          (1,856)

$

            2,797

 

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

 

A reconciliation of the Company’s effective income tax rate to the statutory federal tax rate is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31

 

2015 

 

2014 

 

2013 

 

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

 

35.0 

%

(35.0)

%

35.0 

%

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

 

0.2 

 

 -

 

2.4 

 

Tax credits

 

(2.8)

 

(1.3)

 

(3.5)

 

Foreign tax rate differential

 

(3.3)

 

0.2 

 

(9.5)

 

Reduction (increase) of income tax accruals

 

(0.5)

 

0.2 

 

(1.1)

 

Tax on foreign dividends, net of foreign tax credits

 

 -

 

(0.1)

 

(8.1)

 

Reduction of deferred taxes

 

5.5 

 

 -

 

0.6 

 

Valuation allowances

 

(36.0)

 

(2.1)

 

(6.2)

 

Loss of domestic flow-through entity not attributable to Stoneridge, Inc.

 

 -

 

33.9 

 

 -

 

Non-deductible compensation

 

(1.5)

 

1.0 

 

3.0 

 

Other

 

0.7 

 

(0.3)

 

(0.6)

 

Effective income tax rate

 

(2.7)

%

(3.5)

%

12.0 

%

 

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31

 

2015 

 

2014 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

Inventories

$

         2,108

$

         2,009

Employee compensation and benefits

 

         3,902

 

         3,675

Insurance

 

            281

 

            387

Depreciation and amortization

 

         1,297

 

        1,013

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

       39,846

 

       48,166

General business credit carryforwards

 

       12,990

 

       12,697

Other reserves

 

         5,643

 

         7,493

Gross deferred tax assets

 

       66,067

 

       75,440

Less: Valuation allowance

 

      (59,391)

 

     (67,907)

Deferred tax assets less valuation allowance

 

         6,676

 

         7,533

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

     (13,282)

 

     (20,910)

Basis difference - equity investee

 

     (31,016)

 

     (31,016)

Other

 

       (1,074)

 

         (976)

Gross deferred tax liabilities

 

     (45,372)

 

     (52,902)

 

 

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability

$

     (38,696)

$

     (45,369)

 

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s total gross unrecognized tax benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 

 

2014 

 

2013 

Balance as of January 1

$

3,888 

$

3,624 

$

3,416 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax positions related to the current year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions

 

201 

 

217 

 

217 

Tax positions related to the prior years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions

 

523 

 

168 

 

216 

Reductions

 

 -

 

 -

 

(71)

Expirations of statutes of limitation

 

(308)

 

(121)

 

(154)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31

$

4,304 

$

3,888 

$

3,624 

 

Schedule of Tax Years Open for Examination

The following table summarizes the open tax years for each important jurisdiction:

 

 

 

 

Jurisdiction

Open Tax Years

U.S. Federal

 

2012-2015

Brazil

 

2010-2015

China

 

2012-2015

France

 

2011-2015

Mexico

 

2011-2015

Spain

 

2011-2015

Sweden

 

2010-2015

United Kingdom

 

2011-2015