Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 11,544	$ 93,557
Marketable securities	29,957us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent	19,787us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesCurrent
Trade accounts receivable, net	102,627us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	85,586us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Income taxes receivable	11,421us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable	0us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable
Prepaid expenses and other	3,813	3,026
Restricted marketable securities and workers' compensation deposits	3,776	0
Deferred income taxes	15,791us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent	8,929us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetCurrent
Total current assets	178,929us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	210,885us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Marketable securities	20,930us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent	5,909us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesNoncurrent
Property, equipment and software, net	22,675us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	20,549us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Restricted certificates of deposit	114,335	12,789
Restricted marketable securities and workers' compensation deposits	58,533	11,205
Other assets	1,881us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent	1,864us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Workers' compensation receivables for insured losses and recoveries	3,425	2,301
Goodwill	47,820us-gaap_Goodwill	47,820us-gaap_Goodwill
Total assets	448,528us-gaap_Assets	313,322us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	25,220us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	220us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Accounts payable	2,719us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent	3,252us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued payroll, payroll taxes and related benefits	120,133	92,516
Income taxes payable	0us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent	1,236us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Other accrued liabilities	1,917us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	313us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Workers' compensation claims liabilities	54,049	35,841
Safety incentives liability	14,232bbsi_SafetyIncentivesLiability	13,086bbsi_SafetyIncentivesLiability
Total current liabilities	218,270us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	146,464us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term workers' compensation claims liabilities	161,933	76,603
Long-term debt	19,833us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent	5,053us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Deferred income taxes	8,159	10,787
Customer deposits and other long-term liabilities	1,675	1,862
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value; 20,500 shares authorized, 7,126 and 7,165 shares issued and outstanding	71us-gaap_CommonStockValue	72us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Additional paid-in capital	4,410us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital	5,781us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(23)	(26)
Retained earnings	34,200	66,726
Total stockholders' equity	38,658us-gaap_StockholdersEquity	72,553us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 448,528	$ 313,322

The noncurrent portion of money or property received from customers that is to be returned upon satisfactory contract completion or as partial prepayment for goods or services to be provided in the future and Aggregate carrying amount, as of the balance sheet date, of noncurrent obligations not separately disclosed in the balance sheet. Noncurrent liabilities are expected to be paid after one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer).

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