Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar. 31, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income Taxes |
Income Taxes
The following table includes the Company’s loss before income tax provision (benefit), income tax provision (benefit) and effective tax rate:
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, our effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate primarily due to the impact of the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (“BEAT”) and the valuation allowance the Company had placed on all US deferreds with the exception of indefinite-lived intangibles. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, our effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate primarily due to the release of the Company's valuation allowance as a result of additional deferred tax liabilities recorded with the FolioDynamix Acquisition as well as the impact of the BEAT.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company's quarterly provision for income taxes is based on the discrete method. The Company's quarterly provision for income taxes also includes the impact of certain unusual or infrequently occurring items, if any, including changes in judgment about valuation allowances and effects of changes in tax laws or rates, in the interim period in which they occur.
In December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) was enacted into United States law. Beginning in 2018, the Tax Act includes the global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) and BEAT provisions. We elected to account for GILTI tax in the period in which it is incurred. The GILTI provision requires us to include in our U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary’s tangible assets. We expect to fully offset any GILTI income with Net Operating Losses (“NOLs”). Additionally, BEAT requires us to calculate a minimum tax on our foreign earnings and profits; As a result of the BEAT provision our provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2019, increased by $2,040.
The total gross liability for unrecognized tax benefits, exclusive of interest and penalties, was $16,147 and $15,628 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Of this amount, a portion of the unrecognized tax benefits was recorded as a reduction of deferred tax assets instead of a non-current liability. The portion of the unrecognized tax benefits, exclusive of interest and penalties, recorded as a non-current liability is $4,702 and $4,429 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
At March 31, 2019, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, that would benefit the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized, was $11,084. At this time, the Company estimates that the liability for unrecognized tax benefits could decrease in the next twelve months as it is anticipated that reviews by tax authorities will be completed.
The Company recognizes potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Income tax expense includes $373 and $287 of potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company had accrued interest and penalties of $6,370 and $5,977 as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||