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DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES [Abstract]  
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
7.      DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the Income Taxes Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Codification.  These standards establish financial accounting and reporting standards for the effects of income taxes that result from an enterprise's activities during the current and preceding years.  The Company takes an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting of income taxes.  The Company pays income taxes in many foreign jurisdictions based on the profits realized in those jurisdictions, which can be significantly impacted by terms of intercompany transactions between the Company and its foreign affiliates.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are created in this process.  As of March 31, 2013 the Company had net deferred tax assets of $33.5 million. The Company nets these deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities by jurisdiction. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be ultimately realized.

The Company evaluates its indefinite reinvestment assertions with respect to foreign earnings for each quarter and except for certain earnings the Company intends to reinvest indefinitely, accrues for the U.S. federal and foreign income tax applicable to the earnings.  During the first quarter of 2013, the Company determined that $40.0 million of its non-US subsidiaries' earnings will be indefinitely reinvested.  The Company intends to utilize the offshore earnings to fund foreign investments, specifically, capital expenditures.  Undistributed earnings that the Company intends to reinvest indefinitely, and for which no income taxes have been provided, aggregate to $50.0 million and $10.0 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.