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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes

NOTE 4 – INCOME TAXES

The Company recognized an income tax provision of $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The income tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 primarily relates to tax expense at non-U.S. operations that are not in a cumulative loss position. Due to the Company’s recent cumulative domestic losses for book purposes and the uncertainty of the realization of certain deferred tax assets, the Company continues to adjust its valuation allowance as the deferred tax assets increase or decrease, resulting in effectively no recorded tax provision or benefit for domestic operating results. The Company’s effective tax rate was (22.2%) and 18.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company’s unrecognized tax benefits were $4.2 million and $4.0 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, of which $4.1 million and $3.9 million are tax benefits that, if recognized, would reduce the annual effective tax rate. However, to the extent we continue to maintain a full valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets, the effect may be in the form of an increase in the deferred tax asset related to our net operating loss carryforward, which would be offset by a full valuation allowance. The Company’s continuing practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. Interest and penalties amounting to $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, are included in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2013. The Company expects the unrecognized tax benefits to decrease by $1.6 million over the next 12 months due to the potential expiration of statute of limitations and settlements with tax authorities.