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TAXES ON INCOME (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of The Qualifying Percentage Of The Value Of The Productive Assets | The qualifying percentage of the value of the productive assets is as follows:
The value of productive assets before the expansion (NIS in millions) |  | The new proportion that the required investment bears to the value of productive assets
Up to NIS 140 |  | 12%
NIS 140 - NIS 500 |  | 7%
More than NIS 500 |  | 5%
Schedule Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |
The income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 consisted of the following:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
Current |  | $ | 3,895 |  |  | $ | 1,418 |  |  | $ | 1,200 |
Deferred |  |  | 1,947 |  |  |  | 343 |  |  |  | 497 |
|  | $ | 5,842 |  |  | $ | 1,761 |  |  | $ | 1,697 |
Domestic (Israel) |  | $ | (606 | ) |  | $ | 968 |  |  | $ | 1,533 |
Foreign |  |  | 6,448 |  |  |  | 793 |  |  |  | 164 |
|  | $ | 5,842 |  |  | $ | 1,761 |  |  | $ | 1,697
Schedule Of Deferred Income Taxes | Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carry forward |  | $ | 79,860 |  |  | $ | 76,570 |
Research and Development |  |  | 3,843 |  |  |  | 5,749 |
Other temporary differences mainly relating to reserve and allowances |  |  | 28,012 |  |  |  | 25,817 |
Deferred tax asset before valuation allowance |  |  | 111,715 |  |  |  | 108,136 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (110,371 | ) |  |  | (107,148 | )
Deferred tax asset |  |  | 1,344 |  |  |  | 988 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other temporary differences |  |  | - |  |  |  | (141 | )
Deferred tax asset, net |  | $ | 1,344 |  |  | $ | 847
Schedule Of Income (Loss) Before Taxes |
Income (Loss) before taxes is comprised as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
Domestic |  | $ | 14,479 |  |  | $ | (518 | ) |  | $ | 7,197 |
Foreign |  |  | (7,626 | ) |  |  | 13,708 |  |  |  | 10,060 |
|  | $ | 6,853 |  |  | $ | 13,190 |  |  | $ | 17,257
Schedule Of Income Tax Reconciliation | Reconciliation between the theoretical tax expense, assuming all income is taxed at the statutory tax rate applicable to income of the Company and the actual tax expense as reported in the statements of operations is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
Income before taxes as reported in the consolidated statements of operations |  | $ | 6,853 |  |  | $ | 13,190 |  |  | $ | 17,257 |
Statutory tax rate |  |  | 26.5 | % |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 24 | %
Theoretical tax income on the above amount at the Israeli statutory tax rate |  | $ | 1,816 |  |  | $ | 3,298 |  |  | $ | 4,142 |
Non-deductible expenses |  |  | 1,527 |  |  |  | 467 |  |  |  | 290 |
Non-deductible expenses related to employee stock options |  |  | 430 |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 289 |
Changes in tax rate |  |  | - |  |  |  | 8,900 |  |  |  | 124 |
Losses in respect of which no deferred taxes were generated (including changes in valuation allowance) |  |  | 2,003 |  |  |  | (10,055 | ) |  |  | (3,225 | )
Other |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | (1,117 | ) |  |  | 77 |
Actual tax expense |  | $ | 5,842 |  |  | $ | 1,761 |  |  | $ | 1,697
Schedule Of Changes In Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |
Uncertain tax positions, beginning of year |  | $ | 6,942 |  |  | $ | 4,686 |
Decreases in tax positions for prior years |  |  | (4,362 | ) |  |  | (3,880 | )
Increases in tax positions for prior years |  |  | 620 |  |  |  | 49 |
Increase in tax position for current year |  |  | 1,486 |  |  |  | 1,305 |
Uncertain tax positions, end of year |  | $ | 4,686 |  |  | $ | 2,160 |

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