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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Components of Income Taxes Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2012     2011      2010  

Current:

       

Federal

   $ 36,818      $ 7,441       $ 22,522   

State

     7,575        2,737         5,163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     44,393        10,178         27,685   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

       

Federal

     (448     18,125         (2,956

State

     32        2,679         (2,480
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (416     20,804         (5,436
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 43,977      $ 30,982       $ 22,249   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2012     2011     2010  

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

     5.9        5.5        5.6   

State tax credits, net of federal effect

     (1.6     (1.2     (1.7

Non deductible expenses

     0.2        0.2        0.4   

Other

     (0.7     (1.5     (0.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective income tax rate

     38.8     38.0     38.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Significant Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2012     2011  

Current deferred tax asset (liability):

    

Accounts receivable allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 3,321      $ 4,638   

State taxes

     (741     (764

Estimated litigation loss and regulatory reserves

     1,588        76   

Other

     1,313        (597
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current deferred tax asset

     5,481        3,353   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current deferred tax asset (liability):

    

Depreciation and leases

     (21,774     (18,763

Share-based compensation

     8,294        6,664   

Deferred rent

     2,642        2,353   

Intangibles

     3,384        4,121   

Other

     409        291   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current deferred tax (liability) asset

     (7,045     (5,334
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net deferred tax (liability) asset

   $ (1,564   $ (1,981
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31 is as follows:

 

     2012     2011  

Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year

   $ 845      $ 604   

Tax positions taken during the current year

    

Increases

     —         —    

Decreases

     —         —    

Tax positions taken during a prior year

    

Increases

     214        1,628   

Decreases

     (5     (304

Decreases for settlements during the period

     (1,054     (937

Reductions for lapses of applicable statute of limitations

     —         (146
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year

   $ —       $ 845