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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of income tax provision (benefit)
The income tax provision (benefit) consists of the following (in thousands):
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2012
  
2011
  
2010
 
Current:
         
Domestic
 $17,791  $10,887  $(7)
Foreign
  1,362   1,108   1,528 
Total current
  19,153   11,995   1,521 
              
Deferred:
            
Domestic
  5,909   (11,886)  13,873 
Foreign
  (84)  12   (3)
Total deferred
  5,825   (11,874)  13,870 
Total income tax provision
 $24,978  $121  $15,391 
 
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation
Reconciliations between taxes at the U.S. Federal income tax rate and taxes at our effective income tax rate on earnings from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2012
  
2011
  
2010
 
           
U.S. Federal income tax rate of 35%
 $23,781  $22,557  $14,032 
Increase (decrease) in tax rate resulting from:
            
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
  2,021   2,261   2,050 
Income tax (tax benefits) attributable to foreign income
  (852)  (163)  107 
Change in unrecognized tax benefits
  -   (454)  (1,084)
Other non-deductible items, net
  697   (2,455)  639 
Change in valuation allowance
  (669)  (21,625)  (353)
Provision for income taxes
 $24,978  $121  $15,391 
 
Schedule of components of net deferred tax assets and liabilities
The following is a summary of the components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2012
  
2011
 
Deferred tax assets:
      
Inventories
 $16,115  $16,036 
Allowance for customer returns
  10,660   9,308 
Postretirement benefits
  2,911   3,389 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
  2,223   2,480 
Accrued salaries and benefits
  7,924   7,828 
Net operating loss
  84   383 
Capital loss
  6,007   6,133 
Tax credit carry forwards
  1,167   4,065 
Deferred gain on building sale
  2,123   2,583 
Accrued asbestos liabilities
  10,358   10,905 
Other
  470   2,975 
    60,042   66,085 
Valuation allowance (1)
  (7,174)  (7,843)
Total deferred tax assets
  52,868   58,242 
Deferred tax liabilities:
        
Depreciation
  8,328   8,906 
Promotional costs
  197   200 
Other
  -   - 
Total deferred tax liabilities
  8,525   9,106 
          
Net deferred tax assets
 $44,343  $49,136 
 
(1)
Current net deferred tax assets are $33.2 million and $32.2 million for 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Non-current net deferred tax assets are $11.1 million and $16.9 million for 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The tax valuation allowance was allocated to long term deferred tax assets in the amounts of $7.2 million and $7.8 million in 2012 and 2011, respectively.  None of the valuation allowance was allocated to current deferred tax assets in 2012 and 2011.
 
Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
 
Balance at January 1, 2012
 $349 
Increase based on tax positions taken in the current year
  - 
Decrease based on tax positions taken in the current year
  - 
Balance at December 31, 2012
 $349