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Income Taxes Level 1 (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income taxes consists of U.S. and foreign taxes in amounts necessary to align the Company’s year-to-date provision for income taxes with the effective tax rate that the Company expects to achieve for the full year. The Company’s annual effective tax rate for Fiscal 2015 excluding discrete items is estimated to be 46.1% (which includes U.S., state and local and foreign taxes) based upon the Company’s anticipated earnings both in the U.S. and in its foreign subsidiaries. The Company's projected annual effective tax rate (excluding discrete items) is higher than the statutory rate of 35% primarily related to the devaluation of the Venezuelan bonds, for which the Company will not realize a tax benefit.

For the three months ended November 30, 2014, the Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $584, which consisted of U.S., state and local and foreign taxes, including a discrete benefit of $6,831. The discrete benefit relates primarily to the reversal of uncertain tax positions under ASC 740 related to a favorable settlement of an income tax examination during the quarter ended November 30, 2014. For the three months ended November 30, 2013, the Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $6,409.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended November 30, 2014 was a benefit for income taxes of 10.8% compared to a provision for income taxes of 31.4% in the comparable prior period.  The effective tax rate for the nine months ended November 30, 2014 is different than the statutory rate primarily due to the reversal of uncertain tax positions under ASC 740 related to a favorable settlement of an income tax examination during the quarter ended November 30, 2014 and the devaluation of the Company's Venezuelan bonds for which the Company will not receive a tax benefit.