Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense

We file a consolidated federal income tax return for all of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Sirius XM.  Income tax expense consisted of the following:

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2013

 

Current taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

State

 

(15,916

)

 

 

(7,743

)

 

 

(5,359

)

Foreign

 

(825

)

 

 

(2,341

)

 

 

5,269

 

Total current taxes

 

(16,741

)

 

 

(10,084

)

 

 

(90

)

Deferred taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

(318,933

)

 

 

(302,350

)

 

 

(211,044

)

State

 

(46,566

)

 

 

(25,111

)

 

 

(48,743

)

Total deferred taxes

 

(365,499

)

 

 

(327,461

)

 

 

(259,787

)

Total income tax expense

$

(382,240

)

 

$

(337,545

)

 

$

(259,877

)

 

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The following table indicates the significant elements contributing to the difference between the federal tax expense at the statutory rate and at our effective rate:

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2013

 

Federal tax expense, at statutory rate

$

(312,188

)

 

$

(290,775

)

 

$

(222,982

)

State income tax expense, net of federal benefit

 

(26,018

)

 

 

(32,067

)

 

 

(19,031

)

State rate changes

 

608

 

 

 

5,334

 

 

 

(8,666

)

Non-deductible expenses

 

(1,106

)

 

 

(13,914

)

 

 

(9,545

)

Change in valuation allowance

 

(44,100

)

 

 

2,836

 

 

 

4,228

 

Other, net

 

564

 

 

 

(8,959

)

 

 

(3,881

)

Income tax expense

$

(382,240

)

 

$

(337,545

)

 

$

(259,877

)

 

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities, shown before jurisdictional netting, are presented below:

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

$

1,447,159

 

 

$

1,818,719

 

Deferred revenue

 

730,239

 

 

 

691,323

 

Accrued bonus

 

31,458

 

 

 

28,170

 

Expensed costs capitalized for tax

 

19,584

 

 

 

19,624

 

Investments

 

46,857

 

 

 

46,751

 

Stock based compensation

 

66,030

 

 

 

79,296

 

Other

 

37,226

 

 

 

38,365

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

2,378,553

 

 

 

2,722,248

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

(250,821

)

 

 

(237,971

)

FCC license

 

(779,145

)

 

 

(789,857

)

Other intangible assets

 

(190,442

)

 

 

(213,086

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

(1,220,408

)

 

 

(1,240,914

)

Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance

 

1,158,145

 

 

 

1,481,334

 

Valuation allowance

 

(49,095

)

 

 

(4,995

)

Total net deferred tax asset

$

1,109,050

 

 

$

1,476,339

 

 

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

Changes in our uncertain income tax positions, from January 1 through December 31 are presented below:

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Balance, beginning of year

$

1,432

 

 

$

1,432

 

Increases in tax positions for prior years

 

251,845

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of year

$

253,277

 

 

$

1,432