Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Schedule of Loss before Provision For Income Taxes

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Domestic	$	993,113	$	130,718	$	415,694
Noncontrolling interest and redeemable noncontrolling interest		279,178		98,132		—
Foreign		936,741		517,498		459,930
Loss before income taxes	$	2,209,032	$	746,348	$	875,624

Components of Provision for Income Taxes

The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Current:
Federal	$	(9,552	)	$	—		$	—
State		2,029			568			525
Foreign		42,715			53,962			10,342
Total current		35,192			54,530			10,867
Deferred:
Federal		—			—			—
State		—			—			—
Foreign		(3,646	)		(27,832	)		2,172
Total deferred		(3,646	)		(27,832	)		2,172
Total provision for income taxes	$	31,546		$	26,698		$	13,039

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,			December 31,
	2017			2016
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carry-forwards	$	1,575,952		$	648,652
Research and development credits		306,808			208,499
Other tax credits		117,997			106,530
Deferred revenue		200,531			268,434
Inventory and warranty reserves		74,578			95,570
Stock-based compensation		96,916			120,955
Financial Instruments		3,080			—
Investment in certain financing funds		24,471			237,759
Accruals and others		23,336			67,769
Total deferred tax assets		2,423,669			1,754,168
Valuation allowance		(1,843,713	)		(1,022,705	)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		579,956			731,463
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization		(537,613	)		(679,969	)
Other		(18,734	)		(3,779	)
Financial Instruments		—			(22,033	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(556,347	)		(705,781	)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance and deferred tax liabilities	$	23,609		$	25,682

Schedule of Reconciliation of Taxes at Federal Statutory Rate to Provision for Income Taxes

The reconciliation of taxes at the federal statutory rate to our provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Tax at statutory federal rate	$	(773,162	)	$	(261,222	)	$	(306,470	)
State tax, net of federal benefit		2,029			568			525
Nondeductible expenses		30,138			26,547			16,711
Excess tax benefits related to stock based compensation (1)		(1,013,196	)		—			—
Foreign income rate differential		364,699			206,470			172,259
U.S. tax credits		(109,501	)		(162,865	)		(43,911	)
Noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests adjustment		65,920			21,964			—
Effect of U.S. tax law change (2)		722,646			—			—
Bargain in purchase gain		20,211			(31,055	)		—
Other reconciling items		3,178			785			1,232
Change in valuation allowance		718,584			225,506			172,693
Provision for income taxes	$	31,546		$	26,698		$	13,039

Schedule of Changes to Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The changes to our gross unrecognized tax benefits were as follows (in thousands):


December 31, 2014	$	41,377
Increases in balances related to prior year tax positions		6,626
Increases in balances related to current year tax positions		51,124
December 31, 2015		99,127
Increase in balances related to prior year tax positions		28,677
Increases in balances related to current year tax positions		62,805
Assumed uncertain tax positions through acquisition		13,327
December 31, 2016		203,936
Decrease in balances related to prior year tax positions		(31,493	)
Increases in balances related to current year tax positions		84,352
Change in balances related to effect of U.S. tax law change		(58,050	)
December 31, 2017	$	198,745