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Note 8 - Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
8
– Income Taxes
 
The Company had unrecognized income tax benefits totaling
$2.4
million as a component of accrued liabilities at
June 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016,
the total of which, if recognized, would impact the Company’s effective tax rate. An unfavorable settlement
may
require a charge to income tax expense and a favorable resolution would be recognized as a reduction to income tax expense. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.
No
amounts were accrued for penalties. The Company had approximately
$
145,000
accrued for the payment of interest at
June 30, 2017
and
December 31, 2016.
 
The Company does
not
anticipate a significant change in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits in the next
12
months. As of
June 30, 2017,
the tax years ended
December 31,
2013
through
2016,
remain subject to audit by federal tax authorities and the tax years ended
December 31,
2012
through
2016,
remain subject to audit by state tax authorities.
 
In
March 2016,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU
No.
2016
-
09,
Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic
718
),
” which changed the accounting for certain aspects of share-based payments to employees. The Company adopted the new standard on
January 
1,
2017.
The new guidance requires excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recognized as income tax benefit or expense in the income statement and presented as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows when the awards are vested or are settled. The Company recorded excess tax benefits of
$0.9
million for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2017,
and
$2.0
million for the
six
months ended
June 30, 2017,
which was recorded as a reduction to income tax expense in the Consolidated Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income.