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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

11. Income Taxes

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 44.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2015, compared to 32.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The Domestic Production Activities Deduction was enacted as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (as revised by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008), and allows a deduction of 9% on the lesser of qualified production activities income or taxable income. For financial statement purposes, the Company expects a loss before income taxes for the year ending December 31, 2015; however, the Company currently expects to have taxable income for the year ending December 31, 2015, and the Domestic Production Activities Deduction is expected to provide a permanent tax benefit.  On June 15, 2015, legislation was enacted which permanently reduced the Texas Margin Tax rate.  This resulted in a permanent tax benefit that was recognized during the quarter ended June 30, 2015.  The interplay between the expected loss before income taxes for financial statement purposes, the permanent tax benefit expected to be provided by the Domestic Production Activities Deduction and the permanent tax benefit from the change in the Texas Margin Tax rate resulted in a higher effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2015.