Interest and Other Income

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Interest and Other Income.

Interest and Other Income

17.Interest and Other Income

For the year ended December 31, 2016 the Company reported interest and other income of $0.4 million, which includes approximately $0.4 million related to a refund of previously paid social security taxes in Mexico.

For the year ended December 31, 2015 the Company reported interest and other income of $3.1 million which includes a $2.3 million reduction and elimination of a loss contingency liability related to foreign withholding taxes that the government could have asserted were owed by the Company, acting as withholding agent, on certain interest payments made to a third party (see Note 12). Also included in interest and other income for 2015 is approximately $0.8 million related to a refund of previously paid social security taxes in Mexico.