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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 7 – Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2014 is equal to our expected 2014 annual tax rate of 15%. This is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35%, primarily due to income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates. In the first quarter of 2014, our expected annual tax rate was estimated to be 19%.

 

Our effective tax rate for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 was 13%. The effective rate for the second quarter of 2014 is lower than the expected annual rate of 15% because it includes an adjustment for the first quarter of 2014 to account for the reduction in the expected annual rate from 19% to 15%.

Our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 was equal to our expected 2013 annual tax rate of 17%. The expected annual rate was lower than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to income in foreign jurisdictions taxed at lower rates.

At December 31, 2013, we had foreign tax credit carryforwards of $5,058 available for offset against future U.S. taxes on foreign earnings. Foreign tax credits of $944 expire in 2015 and the remaining $4,114 expire in 2023.

At December 31, 2013, we had foreign loss carryforwards of $5,093 and other foreign deductible carryforwards of $3,898. The foreign loss carryforwards have no expiration and the other deductible carryforwards expire from 2016 to 2020.

At December 31, 2013, we had a valuation allowance of $2,399 for certain foreign deferred tax assets.