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100340 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables)
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Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Income (Loss) before Income Taxes

Income (loss) before income taxes consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

 

$

(156,409

)

 

$

(85,595

)

 

$

8,826

 

Foreign

 

 

155

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

82

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

$

(156,254

)

 

$

(85,470

)

 

$

8,908

 

 

 
 
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The effective income tax rate of the Company’s provision for income taxes differed from the federal statutory rate of 34% as follows:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal statutory income tax rate

 

 

34.0

%

 

 

34.0

%

 

 

34.0

%

Stock-based compensation

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

0.9

%

Research and development credits

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

2.4

%

 

 

(13.6

%)

Other

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

0.9

%

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(35.3

%)

 

 

(35.3

%)

 

 

(22.2

%)

Effective tax rate

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 
 
Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

The Company’s net deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

119,810

 

 

$

71,805

 

Research and development credits

 

 

11,540

 

 

 

7,910

 

Other

 

 

5,443

 

 

 

1,961

 

Total deferred income tax assets

 

 

136,793

 

 

 

81,676

 

Less:  Valuation allowance

 

 

(136,793

)

 

 

(81,676

)

Net deferred income tax assets

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 
 
Summary of Changes in Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance

The table below summarizes changes in the deferred tax valuation allowance:

 

 

 

Balance at Beginning of Year

 

 

Charged to Costs and Expenses

 

 

Write-offs

 

 

Balance at End of Year

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Deferred income tax valuation allowance:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For year ended December 31, 2014

 

 

53,428

 

 

 

(1,978

)

 

 

 

 

 

51,450

 

For year ended December 31, 2015

 

 

51,450

 

 

 

30,226

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,676

 

For year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

81,676

 

 

 

55,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

136,793

 

 

 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The total balance of unrecognized gross tax benefits was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year

 

 

 

$

952

 

 

$

592

 

 

$

383

 

Additions based on tax positions taken in prior years

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

43

 

Additions based on tax positions taken in the current year

 

 

 

 

606

 

 

 

360

 

 

 

166

 

Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year

 

 

 

$

1,593

 

 

$

952

 

 

$

592