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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

The components of the Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, and a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rates for such years, are shown below.

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

1,766

 

 

$

8,177

 

 

$

3,112

 

Foreign

 

 

54,253

 

 

 

78,086

 

 

 

61,143

 

State and local (primarily UBT)

 

 

4,090

 

 

 

4,970

 

 

 

5,519

 

Total current

 

 

60,109

 

 

 

91,233

 

 

 

69,774

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

50,602

 

 

 

(988,900

)

 

 

2,766

 

Foreign

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

(3,960

)

 

 

9,239

 

State and local

 

 

11,704

 

 

 

(107,925

)

 

 

3,623

 

Total deferred

 

 

63,660

 

 

 

(1,100,785

)

 

 

15,628

 

Total

 

$

123,769

 

 

$

(1,009,552

)

 

$

85,402

 

 

Schedule of Reconciliation of U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rates

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate

 

 

35.0

%

 

 

35.0

%

 

 

35.0

%

Income of noncontrolling interests

 

 

(0.3

)

 

 

13.8

 

 

 

(0.5

)

Foreign source income not subject to U.S.

   income tax

 

 

(9.3

)

 

 

419.4

 

 

 

(12.4

)

Foreign taxes

 

 

(0.1

)

 

 

(361.6

)

 

 

8.2

 

State and local taxes

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

522.2

 

 

 

1.8

 

Change in U.S. federal valuation allowance

 

 

(3.6

)

 

 

5477.0

 

 

 

(18.7

)

Other, net

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

(31.5

)

 

 

3.0

 

Effective income tax rate (a)

 

 

23.9

%

 

 

6074.3

%

 

 

16.4

%

 

(a)

For the year ended December 31, 2015, the effective tax rate on “operating income (loss)” includes (i) the significant effect of the release of substantially all of our valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and the recognition of deferred tax assets associated with the recording of the tax receivable agreement obligation, as described below, and (ii) the negative impact on “operating income (loss)” as a result of the provision pursuant to the tax receivable agreement.

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Details of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Deferred Tax Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basis adjustments (a)

 

$

692,430

 

 

$

727,696

 

Compensation and benefits

 

 

197,750

 

 

 

204,780

 

Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards

 

 

285,694

 

 

 

309,811

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

850

 

 

 

840

 

Other

 

 

53,895

 

 

 

36,154

 

Gross deferred tax assets

 

 

1,230,619

 

 

 

1,279,281

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(69,593

)

 

 

(89,251

)

Deferred tax assets (net of valuation allowance)

 

 

1,161,026

 

 

 

1,190,030

 

Deferred Tax Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

26,539

 

 

 

17,629

 

Compensation and benefits

 

 

5,447

 

 

 

9,332

 

Goodwill

 

 

27,932

 

 

 

15,208

 

Other

 

 

34,499

 

 

 

28,370

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

94,417

 

 

 

70,539

 

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

1,066,609

 

 

$

1,119,491

 

 

(a)

The basis adjustments recorded as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are primarily the result of additional basis from acquisitions of interests, including the impact of recording the tax receivable agreement obligation during the year ended December 31, 2015.

Summary of Changes in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance

Changes in the deferred tax assets valuation allowance for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Beginning Balance

 

$

89,251

 

 

$

1,044,152

 

 

$

1,225,305

 

Credited to provision for income taxes

 

 

(15,981

)

 

 

(954,487

)

 

 

(203,051

)

Charged (credited) to other comprehensive income and

   other (a)

 

 

(3,677

)

 

 

(414

)

 

 

21,898

 

Ending Balance

 

$

69,593

 

 

$

89,251

 

 

$

1,044,152

 

 

(a)

2016 includes acquisition-related deferred tax assets offset by a valuation allowance in the amount of $2,271.

Schedule of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning to the ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits (excluding interest and penalties) for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Balance, January 1 (excluding interest and penalties

   of $13,083, $13,004 and $12,200, respectively)

 

$

77,280

 

 

$

68,224

 

 

$

62,905

 

Increases in gross unrecognized tax benefits relating

   to tax positions taken during:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior years

 

 

5,891

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,837

 

Current year

 

 

18,438

 

 

 

22,212

 

 

 

18,698

 

Decreases in gross unrecognized tax benefits

   relating to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax positions taken during prior years

 

 

(5,316

)

 

 

(621

)

 

 

(3,191

)

Settlements with tax authorities

 

 

(1,706

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Lapse of the applicable statute of limitations

 

 

(16,191

)

 

 

(12,535

)

 

 

(13,025

)

Balance, December 31 (excluding interest and

   penalties of $15,392, $13,083 and $13,004,

   respectively)

 

$

78,396

 

 

$

77,280

 

 

$

68,224

 

 

Schedule of Additional Information Relating to Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Additional information with respect to unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Unrecognized tax benefits at the end of the year that,

   if recognized, would favorably affect the effective

   tax rate (includes interest and penalties of $15,392,

   $13,083 and $13,004, respectively)

 

$

81,564

 

 

$

74,785

 

 

$

40,353

 

Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would not

   affect the effective tax rate

 

$

12,224

 

 

$

15,578

 

 

$

40,875

 

Interest and penalties recognized in current income

   tax expense (after giving effect to the reversal of

   interest and penalties of $3,143, $3,865 and

   $3,177, respectively)

 

$

2,309

 

 

$

79

 

 

$

804