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Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Items Included in Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition [Abstract] |
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions | Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions Receivables Receivables on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
| March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Trade receivables | $ | 48,600 |  |  | $ | 46,650 |
Fees earned, not billed | 119,962 |  |  | 116,019 |
Other receivables | 43,039 |  |  | 9,870 |
| 211,601 |  |  | 172,539 |
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts | (1,021 | ) |  | (805 | )
| $ | 210,580 |  |  | $ | 171,734 |
Fees earned, not billed represents receivables earned but unbilled and results from timing differences between services provided and contractual billing schedules. These billing schedules generally provide for fees to be billed on a quarterly basis. In addition, certain fees earned from investment operations services are determined from security valuations which delay billings to clients. Other receivables include $32,722 relating to the closing of the sale of a subsidiary (See Note 13). Receivables from regulated investment companies on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets primarily represent fees receivable for distribution, investment advisory, and administration services to various regulated investment companies sponsored by SEI. Property and Equipment Property and Equipment on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consists of:
| March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Buildings | $ | 137,940 |  |  | $ | 137,751 |
Equipment | 65,996 |  |  | 66,167 |
Land | 9,929 |  |  | 9,929 |
Purchased software | 92,362 |  |  | 91,468 |
Furniture and fixtures | 17,524 |  |  | 18,535 |
Leasehold improvements | 4,495 |  |  | 5,037 |
Construction in progress | 116 |  |  | 112 |
| 328,362 |  |  | 328,999 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (205,209 | ) |  | (201,418 | )
Property and Equipment, net | $ | 123,153 |  |  | $ | 127,581 |
The Company recognized $5,704 and $5,432 in depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Accrued Liabilities Accrued liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
| March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Accrued employee compensation | $ | 25,689 |  |  | $ | 63,996 |
Accrued employee benefits and other personnel | 6,952 |  |  | 7,299 |
Accrued consulting, outsourcing and professional fees | 22,147 |  |  | 16,676 |
Accrued brokerage fees | 5,028 |  |  | 5,733 |
Accrued sub-advisory, distribution and other asset management fees | 20,630 |  |  | 17,548 |
Accrued income taxes | 38,837 |  |  | 104 |
Other accrued liabilities | 21,327 |  |  | 26,949 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 140,610 |  |  | $ | 138,305 |

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