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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
 
NOTE K — Income Taxes
 
The Company’s tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of its annual effective income tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, the Company updates the estimated annual effective income tax rate, and if the estimated income tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made.
 
The reported effective tax rate for full-year 2011 including discrete items is estimated to be approximately 32% and is lower than the 35% U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to anticipated income in the United States for which the Company will record no tax expense due to a full valuation allowance against its U.S. net deferred tax assets and anticipated income earned in jurisdictions outside of the United States where the effective income tax rate is lower than in the United States.
 
The reported effective tax rate in the first six months of 2011 and 2010 was 39.1% and 29.1%, respectively. The primary reason for the variance is due to a provision for foreign income taxes of $2.1 million resulting from the retirement of our 8.375% senior subordinated notes due 2014 that were held by a foreign affiliate. The underlying effective tax rate on operations for the first six months of 2011 and 2010 was 22.5% and 29.1%, respectively. The primary reason for the variance is due to a change in the mix of income of foreign affiliates.
 
There have been no material changes to the balance of unrecognized tax benefits reported at December 31, 2010.