Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2019 | |
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Income Taxes |
NOTE N – INCOME TAXES The Company’s effective tax rate was 5% and 28% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the recognition of benefits related to stock based compensation, partially offset by U.S. permanent items primarily related to deductibility of executive compensation and increased earnings in jurisdictions with higher tax rates than the U.S. statutory rate. The higher effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2018 compared to the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to an increase in earnings in jurisdictions with higher tax rates than the U.S. federal statutory rate where such earnings are permanently reinvested and an increase in various U.S. permanent items related to provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted December 22, 2017. The Company provides valuation allowances against deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. No significant changes to the valuation allowances were reflected for the periods ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018. The Company previously considered the majority of the earnings in non-U.S. subsidiaries to be permanently reinvested and accordingly did not record any associated deferred income taxes on such earnings. The Company intends to continue to invest most or all of these earnings, as well as our capital in these subsidiaries, indefinitely outside of the U.S. and does not expect to incur any significant additional taxes related to such amounts. |