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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 3: INCOME TAXES

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company’s effective tax rate was 27.6% and 48.0%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 548.3% and 54.7%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company’s effective tax rate was determined based on the estimated annual effective tax rate.

The effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2014 were lower than what would have been expected if the federal statutory rate were applied to income before taxes. Items decreasing the effective income tax rate included favorable rate differences from foreign jurisdictions due to the overall profitability improvement during this period.
 
The effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were higher than what would have been expected if the federal statutory rate were applied to income before taxes. Items increasing the effective income tax rate included the change in the valuation allowances associated with certain deferred tax assets and subpart F income resulting from controlled foreign corporation operations. In addition, in the second quarter 2014, it was determined a deemed intercompany dividend had occurred in 2012 and 2013 related to an intercompany working capital loan that originated in 2012; the Company recorded the expense, which is not material to the financial statements for the year. We have not initiated any further intercompany transactions like the 2012 transaction, nor do we anticipate the need for further transactions of this type.