Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

The components of the Company’s income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of non-consolidated affiliates by taxing jurisdiction for the years ended December 31, were:



	2016			2015			2014
Income (Loss):
U.S.	$	(16,661	)	$	23,180		$	46,728
Non-U.S.	(33,055		)	(40,596		)	(31,619		)
	$	(49,716	)	$	(17,416	)	$	15,109

Schedule Of Components Of Income Taxes Provision Benefit

The provision (benefit) for income taxes by taxing jurisdiction for the years ended December 31, were:



	2016			2015			2014
Current tax provision
U.S. federal	$	—		$	—		$	—
U.S. state and local	(1,520		)	1,375			907
Non-U.S.	2,154			2,465			552
	634			3,840			1,459
Deferred tax provision (benefit):
U.S. federal	5,785			5,359			11,173
U.S. state and local	(3,550		)	2,877			1,554
Non-U.S.	(12,273		)	(8,315		)	(4,410		)
	(10,038		)	(79		)	8,317
Income tax provision (benefit)	$	(9,404	)	$	3,761		$	9,776

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) using the statutory Canadian federal and provincial income tax rate compared with actual income tax expense for the years ended December 31, is as follows:



	2016			2015			2014
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in non-consolidated affiliates and noncontrolling interest	$	(49,716	)	$	(17,416	)	$	15,109
Statutory income tax rate	26.5		%	26.5		%	26.5		%
Tax expense (benefit) using statutory income tax rate	(13,175		)	(4,615		)	4,004
State and foreign taxes	(94		)	3,524			1,459
Non-deductible stock-based compensation	1,123			665			1,982
Other non-deductible expense	1,848			163			3,075
Change to valuation allowance on items affecting taxable income	6,605			3,565			(643		)
Effect of the difference in federal and statutory rates	(4,579		)	1,906			2,222
Noncontrolling interests	(1,287		)	(2,399		)	(1,826		)
Other, net	155			952			(497		)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	(9,404	)	$	3,761		$	9,776
Effective income tax rate	18.9		%	(21.6		)%	64.7		%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of significant temporary differences representing deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, were as follows:



	2016			2015
Deferred tax assets:
Capital assets and other	$	6,758		$	7,334
Net operating loss carry forwards	44,305			39,454
Interest deductions	12,146			12,266
Refinancing charge	7,413			144
Goodwill and intangibles	179,029			178,835
Stock compensation	2,581			3,033
Pension plan	5,095			3,770
Unrealized foreign exchange	15,237			15,548
Capital loss carry forwards	10,957			10,630
Accounting reserves	7,138			6,701
Gross deferred tax asset	290,659			277,715
Less: valuation allowance	(248,866		)	(247,967		)
Net deferred tax assets	41,793			29,748
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred finance charges	(333		)	(323		)
Capital assets and other	(388		)	(797		)
Goodwill amortization	(109,638		)	(100,743		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(110,359		)	(101,863		)
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	(68,566	)	$	(72,115	)
Disclosed as:
Deferred tax assets	$	41,793		$	29,748
Deferred tax liabilities	(110,359		)	(101,863		)
	$	(68,566	)	$	(72,115	)

Schedule Of Changes In Tax Reserve



Changes in the Company’s reserve is as follows:
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	3,073
Charges to income tax expense	—
Balance at December 31, 2014	3,073
Charges to income tax expense	960
Settlement of uncertainty	(428		)
Balance at December 31, 2015	3,605
Charges to income tax expense	(1,261		)
Settlement of uncertainty	(879		)
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	1,465