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Divestiture Related Activities
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Divestiture-Related Activities [Abstract]  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
Divestiture-Related Activities
As divestitures occur in the normal course of business, gains or losses on the sale of such locations are recognized in the income statement line item Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net, which consist of the following for the years ended December 31:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
(In thousands)
Gains (losses) on divestitures, net
$
122,535

 
$
(3,350
)
 
$
639

Impairment losses
(5,922
)
 
(2,913
)
 
(2,150
)
 
$
116,613

 
$
(6,263
)
 
$
(1,511
)

Assets Held for Sale
We have identified certain properties that we intended to sell as they do not meet our strategic goals and have classified them as held for sale in our December 31, 2014 consolidated balance sheet. In connection with this revised classification, we have recorded an impairment loss of approximately $3.0 million in our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014.
Additionally, in connection with the acquisition of Stewart, we agreed to a consent order with the staff of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that identifies certain properties the FTC required us to divest as a result of the acquisition. The consent order has been approved by the FTC commissioners. As a result, these properties were classified as assets held for sale in our December 31, 2013 consolidated balance sheet.
Net assets held for sale at December 31, were as follows:
 
2014
2013
 
(In thousands)
Current assets
$
45

$
4,569

Preneed funeral and cemetery receivables and trust investments
5,048

356,064

Cemetery property
165

89,060

Property and equipment, net
43

71,618

Goodwill
88

190,976

Deferred charges and other assets
74

27,440

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments
1,284

88,169

Total assets
$
6,747

$
827,896

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
14

4,390

Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenues and deferred receipts held in trusts
5,677

424,780

Care trusts' corpus
1,284

88,262

Other long term liabilities
27

4,209

Total liabilities
7,002

521,641

Net assets held for sale
$
(255
)
$
306,255



Discontinued Operations
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 we sold our operations in Germany for approximately $6.9 million and are presenting the assets and results of operations as discontinued operations. Assets of discontinued operations at December 31, 2013 were as follows:
 
December 31,
 
2013
 
(in thousands)
Current assets
$
4,750

Property and equipment, net
116

Deferred charges and other assets
2,375

Total assets
$
7,241

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
4,728

Deferred preneed funeral revenues
938

Other long term liabilities
30

Total liabilities
5,696

Net assets of discontinued operations
$
1,545



The results of our discontinued operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 were as follows:
 
Twelve Months Ended
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
(In thousands)
Revenues
$
1,613

 
$
5,907

 
$
6,051

Costs and expenses
(1,471
)
 
(5,393
)
 
(5,609
)
Gain on disposition
2,136

 
—

 
—

Other expense, net
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(42
)
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes
2,276

 
513

 
400

Provision for income taxes
(90
)
 
(107
)
 
(138
)
Net income from discontinued operations
$
2,186

 
$
406

 
$
262