Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Jun. 30, 2014
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Income Taxes

10.Income Taxes

 

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

                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before income tax provision

 

$

6,005 

 

$

1,943 

 

$

10,157 

 

$

2,536 

 

Income tax provision

 

2,355 

 

825 

 

3,639 

 

877 

 

Effective tax rate

 

39.2 

%

42.5 

%

35.8 

%

34.6 

%

 

The Company’s effective tax rate in the three months ended June 30, 2014, was lower than the effective tax rate in the three months ended June 30, 2013, primarily due to a decrease in permanent items and a change in the tax rate expected to apply to taxable income. The Company’s effective tax rate in the six months ended June 30, 2014, was higher than the effective tax rate in the six months ended June 30, 2013, due to a benefit recorded in 2013 resulting from a change in the tax rate expected to apply to taxable income.

 

The liability for unrecognized tax benefits reported in other non-current liabilities was $2,426 and $2,693 at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. At June 30, 2014, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would benefit the Company’s effective tax rate, if recognized, was $1,673. 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 $562 and $636 as of June 30, 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, 2009, 2011 and 2012. Based on the outcome of examinations of our 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 consolidated balance sheet. It is possible that one or more of these audits may be finalized within the next twelve months.