(10)Income Taxes

The Company’s income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 consists of the following (in thousands):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2014			2013		2012
Current
Federal	$	2,638		$	4,353	$	4,301
State	336			824		768
	2,974			5,177		5,069
Deferred
Federal	1,262			641		699
State	(30		)	99		(89		)
	1,232			740		610

Total income tax provision	$	4,206		$	5,917	$	5,679

At December 31, 2014, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately $710,000, which are available to offset future taxable income and expire during the federal tax year ending December 31, 2019. The future benefit of the federal net operating loss carryforwards will be limited to approximately $300,000 per year in accordance with Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The approximate tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2014			2013
Current deferred tax assets:
Reserves	$	428		$	383
Inventory capitalization	264			244
Compensation programs	139			204
Retirement liability	35			33
Equity-based compensation	276			246
Total current deferred tax assets	$	1,142		$	1,110

Long-term deferred tax assets / (liabilities):
Excess of book over tax basis of fixed assets	$	(3,471	)	$	(2,413	)
Goodwill	(848		)	(827		)
Total long-term deferred tax liabilities	(4,319		)	(3,240		)
Net operating loss carryforwards	242			342
Deferred rent	36			46
Intangible assets	188			117
Compensation programs	265			411
Total long-term deferred tax assets	731			916
Net long-term deferred tax liabilities	$	(3,588)		$	(2,324)

The amounts recorded as deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014, and 2013, represent the amount of tax benefits of existing deductible temporary differences or carryforwards that are more likely than not to be realized through the generation of sufficient future taxable income within the carryforward period. The Company has total deferred tax assets of $1.8 million at December 31, 2014, that it believes are more likely than not to be realized in the carryforward period. Management reviews the recoverability of deferred tax assets during each reporting period.

The actual tax provision for the years presented differs from the “expected” tax provision for those years, computed by applying the U.S. federal corporate rate of 34.0% to income before income tax expense as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Computed “expected” tax rate	34.0	%	34.0	%	34.0	%
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit	1.1		3.6		2.7
Meals and entertainment	0.3		0.1		0.1
R&D credits	(0.7	)	(1.0	)	(0.1	)
Domestic production deduction	(1.4	)	(2.4	)	(2.5	)
Non-deductible ISO stock option expense	0.4		0.2		0.1
Unrecognized tax benefits	1.3		(0.1	)	(0.2	)
Other	0.8		—		0.2
Effective tax rate	35.8	%	34.4	%	34.3	%

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The Company has not been audited by any state for income taxes with the exception of returns filed in Michigan which have been audited through 2004, income tax returns filed in Massachusetts which have been audited through 2007 and income tax returns filed in Florida which have been audited through 2009. The Company’s federal tax return for 2008 has been audited. Federal and state tax returns for the years 2011 through 2013 remain open to examination by the IRS and various state jurisdictions.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits (“UTB”) resulting from uncertain tax positions is as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2014			2013
Gross UTB balance at beginning of fiscal year	$	275		$	290
Increases for tax positions of prior years	195			10
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(45		)	(25		)
Gross UTB balance at end of fiscal year	$	425		$	275

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, are $425,000 and $275,000, respectively, for each year.

The total amount of accrued interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2014, and 2013 was $195,000 and $0, respectively.

At December 31, 2014, all of the unrecognized tax benefits relate to tax returns of a specific state jurisdiction that are currently under examination. Accordingly, the Company expects a reduction of this amount during 2015, since the Company expects to resolve this examination in 2015.