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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of provision for income taxes from operations
The provision for income taxes from operations consisted of the following: 

(in thousands)
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
25,178

 
$
19,804

 
$
13,163

State
4,391

 
3,243

 
2,732

Foreign
4,041

 
3,926

 
3,920

Deferred


 
 

 
 

Federal
2,264

 
3,646

 
(544
)
State
142

 
404

 
(98
)
Foreign
(225
)
 
(430
)
 
830

 
$
35,791

 
$
30,593

 
$
20,003

Schedule of income and loss from operations before income taxes
Income and loss from operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, consisted of the following:

 (in thousands) 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Domestic
$
90,142

 
$
74,912

 
$
65,705

Foreign
9,180

 
6,652

 
(3,784
)
 
$
99,322

 
$
81,564

 
$
61,921

Schedule of effective income tax rates reconciliations
Reconciliations between the statutory federal income tax rates and the Company’s effective income tax rates as a percentage of income before income taxes for its operations were as follows:

 (in thousands) 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Federal tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes, net of federal benefit
3.0
 %
 
3.0
 %
 
2.9
 %
Tax benefit of domestic manufacturing deduction
(2.4
)%
 
(2.2
)%
 
(2.1
)%
Change in valuation allowance
1.5
 %
 
1.3
 %
 
6.0
 %
Difference between United States statutory and foreign local tax rates
(0.4
)%
 
0.1
 %
 
2.6
 %
Change in uncertain tax position
(0.8
)%
 
(0.4
)%
 
(0.3
)%
Worthless stock deduction on Irish subsidiary
 %
 
 %
 
(15.4
)%
Non-deductible goodwill write-off
 %
 
 %
 
1.1
 %
Non-deductible professional fee
 %
 
 %
 
1.3
 %
Other
0.1
 %
 
0.7
 %
 
1.2
 %
Effective income tax rate
36.0
 %
 
37.5
 %
 
32.3
 %
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities
The tax effects of the significant temporary differences that constitute the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013, were as follows:
 
(in thousands)
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Current deferred tax assets (liabilities)
 

 
 

State tax
$
1,685

 
$
1,415

Workers’ compensation
1,586

 
1,780

Health claims
651

 
601

Vacation liability
1,211

 
1,219

Allowance for doubtful accounts
156

 
181

Inventories
5,685

 
6,691

Sales incentive and advertising allowances
757

 
516

Stock-based compensation
3,197

 
2,913

Unrealized foreign exchange gain or loss
102

 
124

Other, net
(368
)
 
171

 
$
14,662

 
$
15,611

Long-term deferred tax assets (liabilities)
 

 
 

Depreciation
$
(3,913
)
 
$
(2,671
)
Goodwill and other intangibles amortization
(10,512
)
 
(9,781
)
Stock-based compensation
3,315

 
3,191

Accrued pension liabilities
1,276

 

Uncertain tax positions’ unrecognized tax benefits
623

 
1,532

Non-United States tax loss carry forward
6,506

 
5,472

Tax effect on cumulative translation adjustment
(789
)
 
(729
)
Other
796

 
940

 
(2,698
)
 
(2,046
)
Less valuation allowances
(6,754
)
 
(5,546
)
 
$
(9,452
)
 
$
(7,592
)
Schedule of reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, including foreign translation amount
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits in 2014, 2013 and 2012 was as follows, including foreign translation amounts:
 
(in thousands) 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Balance at January 1
$
3,456

 
$
3,843

 
$
4,683

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
7

 
297

 
527

Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years
(1,146
)
 
(494
)
 
(1,163
)
Additions for tax positions of the current year
165

 
837

 
933

Settlements
(680
)
 
(435
)
 
(486
)
Lapse of statute of limitations
(495
)
 
(592
)
 
(651
)
Balance at December 31
$
1,307

 
$
3,456

 
$
3,843