Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

10.                Income Taxes

 

The following table includes the Company’s income before income tax provision, income tax provision and the effective tax rate:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income tax provision

 

$

4,152

 

$

593

 

Income tax provision

 

1,284

 

52

 

Effective tax rate

 

30.9

%

8.8

%

 

The Company’s effective tax rate in the three months ended March 31, 2014 was higher than the effective tax rate in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to the relative amount of permanent adjustments and discrete benefits recognized in the respective periods.

 

The liability for unrecognized tax benefits reported in accrued expenses and other non-current liabilities was $2,487 and $2,693 at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. At March 31, 2014, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would benefit the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized, was $1,738. At this time, the Company estimates it is reasonably possible that the liability for unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by as much as $200 in the next twelve months due to the completion of reviews by tax authorities, the voluntary filing of certain state income taxes and the expiration of certain statutes of limitations.

 

The Company recognizes potential interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The Company had accrued interest and penalties of $558 and $636 as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

 

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return and separate tax returns with various states. Additionally, foreign subsidiaries of the Company file tax returns in foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s tax returns for the calendar years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service in their entirety. With respect to state taxing jurisdictions, the Company’s tax returns for the calendar years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 remain open to examination by various state revenue services.

 

The Company’s Indian subsidiary is currently under examination by the India Tax Authority for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, 2011 and 2009. Based on the outcome of examinations of the Company’s subsidiary or the result of the expiration of statutes of limitations it is reasonably possible that the related unrecognized tax benefits could change from those recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. It is possible that one or more of these examinations may be finalized within the next twelve months.