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Income Taxes |
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity in earnings (losses) of 50% or less owned companies derived from U.S. and foreign companies for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
As of December 31, 2017, cumulative undistributed net losses of foreign subsidiaries included in the Company’s consolidated retained earnings were $87.8 million.
The Company files a consolidated U.S. federal tax return. The components of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
The following table reconciles the difference between the statutory federal income tax rate for the Company and the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31:
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code, including, but not limited to, reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, eliminating or capping certain deductions, imposing a mandatory one-time tax on accumulated earnings in foreign subsidiaries, introducing new tax regimes and changing how foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation. The statutory corporate tax rate reduction is effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. During the fourth quarter, the Company recorded a net income tax benefit of $66.9 million as a consequence of reducing its net deferred tax liabilities to reflect the change in the statutory tax rate.
The Company records an additional income tax benefit or expense based on the difference between the fair market value of share awards at the time of grant and the fair market value at the time of vesting or exercise. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, an additional net income tax expense was recorded in stockholders’ equity of $2.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company provided for income taxes of $10.1 million relating to potential tax exposures surrounding the spin-off of Era Group Inc. (“Era Group”) by means of a dividend to SEACOR’s shareholders of all the issued and outstanding common stock of Era Group (the “Era Spin-off”). During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company reversed this provision as the statute of limitations expired. In addition, the Company reversed accumulated accrued interest of $2.0 million related to this provision, included as a reduction in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss).
The components of the net deferred income tax liabilities for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company increased its valuation allowance for state net operating loss carryforwards from $3.6 million to $6.7 million.
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