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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 10. Income Taxes  

 

The Company recognized income tax expense of $240,000 and $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which was computed using the “discrete” (or “cut-off”) method. The income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was primarily comprised of foreign income tax expense. The income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was primarily comprised of the intraperiod tax allocation of the deferred tax impact for available for sale marketable securities and foreign income tax expense.

 

Based on all available objective evidence, the Company believes that it is still more likely than not that its net deferred tax assets will not be fully realized. Accordingly, the Company maintains a valuation allowance against all of its net deferred tax assets as of both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The Company will continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until there is sufficient evidence to support recoverability of its deferred tax assets.

 

The Company had $2.5 million and $2.4 million of unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company does not anticipate a material change to its unrecognized tax benefits over the next 12 months that would affect its effective tax rate. Unrecognized tax benefits may change during the next 12 months for items that arise in the ordinary course of business.

 

Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recognized as part of the Company’s income tax provision in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The statute of limitations remains open for the years 2001 through 2018 in U.S. federal and state jurisdictions, and for the years 2012 through 2018 in foreign jurisdictions.

 

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the Act) was signed into law. Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes, requires companies to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment. However, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, which allows companies to record provisional amounts during a measurement period that is similar to the measurement period used when accounting for business combinations. The Company adjusted its deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% as of December 31, 2017 and assessed the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on the current understanding of the provisions of the new law. As of March 31, 2018, the Company still considers its accounting for the impacts of the new law to be provisional and will continue to assess the impact of the recently enacted tax law on its business and condensed consolidated financial statements over the next nine months.