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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company recorded income tax expense of $1.8 million (7.3%) and $2.4 million (11.60%) during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which included discrete items for prior year true-ups that resulted in a net charge of $687 thousand and zero for those same respective periods. The Company's tax expense and effective tax rate decreased year over year, exclusive of discrete charges, due to favorable changes in the proportion of our taxable income in certain low tax rate foreign jurisdictions relative to total pre-tax income. The Company expects its full year effective tax rate to be approximately 7.7%.
The Company’s effective tax rate reflects the benefits of having significant operations outside the United States, which are taxed at rates lower than the US statutory rate of 35% and also due to the fact that the Company enjoys a tax holiday in India. During 2015, the Company secured an additional tax holiday in India until the year 2020 to support certain portions of its expanding operations in that country. The Company had income during the quarter ended March 31, 2016 in Singapore, the United Kingdom and Sweden, where the statutory tax rates are lower than the US rate of 35%.
As of March 31, 2016 a liability of $3.2 million for uncertain tax positions is included in other long-term liabilities of the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. During the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 there was $50 thousand and $87 thousand, respectively, in additions to this liability reserve for additional estimated interest and penalties. The Company recognizes interest accrued and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as part of income tax expense.
At December 31, 2015 the cumulative amount of the Company’s undistributed foreign earnings was $354.2 million.