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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The Company recognized $21,452 of tax expense on pretax income of $92,918, resulting in an effective income tax rate of 23.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2019.  The effective income tax rate was 27.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared with the same period in 2018, was primarily due to an increase in the tax benefit related to the vesting of stock based compensation in 2019, rationalization charges in regions with low or no tax benefit recorded in 2018 and adjustments and incremental tax expense recorded in 2018 related to the U.S. Tax Act.
As of March 31, 2019, the Company had $27,866 of unrecognized tax benefits.  If recognized, approximately $24,328 would be reflected as a component of income tax expense.
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2014.  The Company is currently subject to U.S., various state and non-U.S. income tax audits. 
Unrecognized tax benefits are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted for changing facts and circumstances, including progress of tax audits and closing of statutes of limitations.  Based on information currently available, management believes that additional audit activity could be completed and/or statutes of limitations may close relating to existing unrecognized tax benefits.  It is reasonably possible there could be a reduction of $1,753 in previously unrecognized tax benefits by the end of the first quarter 2020.