Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company’s effective tax rate is (7)% and 35% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company's effective tax rate differs from the statutory federal tax rate of 34% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 primarily due to a full valuation allowance recorded on our United States deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2015 since we cannot anticipate when or if we will have sufficient taxable income to utilize the deferred tax assets in the future. Further, our effective tax rate differs from the statutory federal tax rate due to state taxes, differences between U.S. and foreign tax rates, foreign losses incurred with no related tax benefit, non-deductible commissions, and non-deductible meals and entertainment expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Fuel Tech had unrecognized tax benefits of $140 as of both March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, all of which, if ultimately recognized, will reduce Fuel Tech's annual effective tax rate.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

The Company’s effective tax rate is (7)% and 35% for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company's effective tax rate differs from the statutory federal tax rate of 34% for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 primarily due to a full valuation allowance recorded on our United States deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2015 since we cannot anticipate when or if we will have sufficient taxable income to utilize the deferred tax assets in the future. Further, our effective tax rate differs from the statutory federal tax rate due to state taxes, differences between U.S. and foreign tax rates, foreign losses incurred with no related tax benefit, non-deductible commissions, and non-deductible meals and entertainment expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Fuel Tech had unrecognized tax benefits of $140 as of both March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, all of which, if ultimately recognized, will reduce Fuel Tech's annual effective tax rate.