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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information The Company conducts business through several operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria under authoritative guidance related to segment reporting. The Company has determined that it has two reportable segments: portfolio purchasing and recovery, and tax lien business. The Company’s management relies on internal management reporting processes that provide segment revenue, segment operating income, and segment asset information in order to make financial decisions and allocate resources. Segment operating income includes income from operations before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, and stock-based compensation expense. The following table provides a reconciliation of revenue and segment operating income by reportable segment to consolidated results and was derived from the segments’ internal financial information as used for corporate management purposes (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |
Portfolio purchasing and recovery | $ | 1,129,967 |  |  | $ | 1,043,429 |  |  | $ | 756,277 |
Tax lien business | 31,605 |  |  | 29,360 |  |  | 17,087 |
| $ | 1,161,572 |  |  | $ | 1,072,789 |  |  | $ | 773,364 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |
Portfolio purchasing and recovery | $ | 337,422 |  |  | $ | 352,754 |  |  | $ | 219,510 |
Tax lien business | (36,167 | ) |  | 11,820 |  |  | 5,045 |
| 301,255 |  |  | 364,574 |  |  | 224,555 |
Depreciation and amortization | (33,945 | ) |  | (27,949 | ) |  | (13,547 | )
Stock-based compensation | (22,008 | ) |  | (17,181 | ) |  | (12,649 | )
Other expense | (184,321 | ) |  | (166,829 | ) |  | (77,491 | )
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 60,981 |  |  | $ | 152,615 |  |  | $ | 120,868 |
Additionally, assets are allocated to operating segments for management review. As of December 31, 2015, total segment assets were $3.8 billion and $377.5 million for the portfolio purchasing and recovery segment and tax lien business segment, respectively. As discussed in Note 17, “Subsequent Event,” on February 19, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell Propel which represents the entire tax lien business reportable segment. As the Company’s Board of Directors did not approve a plan to sell Propel until 2016, the tax lien business did not qualify as held for sale as of December 31, 2015. The following table presents information about geographic areas in which the Company operates (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Revenues(1): |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 741,010 |  |  | $ | 752,607 |  |  | $ | 673,302 |
Europe | 376,055 |  |  | 295,173 |  |  | 95,491 |
Other geographies | 44,507 |  |  | 25,009 |  |  | 4,571 |
| $ | 1,161,572 |  |  | $ | 1,072,789 |  |  | $ | 773,364 |
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(1) | Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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