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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The Company recognized income tax expense of $0.5 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 2.9% and 18.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The Company recognized an income tax benefit of $100.7 million and expense of $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was (307.0)% and 9.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
A valuation allowance is required to be established or maintained when, based on currently available information and other factors, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The guidance on accounting for income taxes provides important factors in determining whether a deferred tax asset will be realized, including whether there has been sufficient taxable income in recent years and whether sufficient income can reasonably be expected in future years in order to utilize the deferred tax asset.
We continue to evaluate the need to maintain a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets based on our assessment of whether it is more likely than not that deferred tax benefits will be realized through the generation of future taxable income. Appropriate consideration is given to all available evidence, both positive and negative, in assessing the need for a valuation allowance.
In the second quarter of 2013, this evaluation resulted in the determination that $102.4 million of our valuation allowance on U.S. deferred tax assets could be released. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of current and expected domestic earnings, industry and market trends, tax planning strategies, and general business risks resulted in a more likely than not conclusion of being able to realize a significant portion of our U.S. deferred tax assets. We have been able to sustain positive earnings despite low demand for products and services that has occurred in many of our markets during the current and previous three years. Our earnings have become positive on a cumulative basis through this period. In addition, market demand and our performance in many of our markets have improved during the current year, and demand and earnings performance are expected to continue into the foreseeable future. In addition, in 2012, we exited a business segment that had produced losses.
Upon releasing the significant portion of our valuation allowance on U.S. deferred tax assets in the second quarter, a valuation allowance of $10.3 million was maintained in accordance with the guidance provided in ASC 740-270-25-4 and is being released through the effective tax rate as domestic income is recognized throughout the course of the year. Of this amount, $3.4 million and $7.0 million was released during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, leaving $3.3 million to be released in the fourth quarter of 2013. An additional $1.0 million reduction in deferred tax valuation allowances was recorded as a discrete item in the three months ended September 30, 2013.
We continue to maintain a valuation allowance on certain federal, state, and foreign (principally Spain and Canada) deferred tax assets that we believe, on a more likely than not basis, will not be realized.
The Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for continuing operations were $3.8 million and $4.0 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, of which $3.7 million and $3.9 million are tax benefits that, if recognized, would reduce the annual effective tax rate. The Company expects the unrecognized tax benefits to decrease by $0.4 million over the next 12 months due to (i) the potential expiration of statutes of limitations and (ii) settlements with tax authorities.
The Company’s continuing practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. Accruals for interest and penalties of $0.3 million and $0.3 million are included as a component of other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.