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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate

The income tax provision shown in the consolidated statements of operations is reconciled to amounts of tax that would have been payable (recoverable) from the application of the federal tax rate to pre-tax profit as follows:

Amounts are expressed in thousands of dollars.

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2012     2011     2010  
     Amount     Percentage     Amount     Percentage     Amount     Percentage  

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate

   $ (184     35.0   $ 6,246        35.0   $ 23,797        35.0

U.S. state and local income taxes, net of U.S. federal income tax benefits

     (1,585       840        4.7     3,569        5.2

Unrecognized tax benefits

     1,524          —          0.0     —          0.0

Tax exempt income, net of interest expense

     (561       (647     -3.6     (473     -0.7

Business promotion and other non-deductible expenses

     851          620        3.5     616        0.9

Adjustments to reflect prior year tax return filings

     (294       (552     -3.1     24        0.0

Tax rate change on deferred income taxes

     390          (734     -4.1     955        1.4

Insurance proceeds, non-taxable

     (349       (821     -4.6     —          0.0

Non-U.S. Operations

     678          348        1.9     (232     -0.3

Other

     (146       (69     -0.4     (1,045     -1.5
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Income Tax Expense

   $ 324        n/m      $ 5,231        29.3   $ 27,211        40.0
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

n/m = not meaningful

Schedule of Current and Deferred Income Tax (Benefit)

Income taxes included in the consolidated statements of operations represent the following:

Expressed in thousands of dollars.

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2012     2011     2010  

Current:

      

U.S. federal tax (benefit)

   $ 19,918      $ 5,312      $ (11,471

State and local tax (benefit)

     2,765        19        6,390   

Non-U.S. operations

     (61     113        685   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     22,622        5,444        (4,396

Deferred:

      

U.S. federal tax (benefit)

     (17,303     143        27,799   

State and local tax (benefit)

     (4,890     (1,029     3,356   

Non U.S. operations (benefit)

     (105     673        452   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (22,298     (213     31,607   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 324      $ 5,231      $ 27,211   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Schedule of Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

Expressed in thousands of dollars.

 

     December 31,  
     2012      2011  

Deferred tax assets:

     

Employee deferred compensation plans

   $ 22,819       $ 17,280   

Reserve for litigation and legal fees

     17,019         5,469   

Book versus tax depreciation differences

     5,931         3,675   

Involuntary conversion

     1,686         1,534   

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     941         1,044   

Other

     18,973         16,317   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

     67,369         45,319   

Deferred tax liabilities:

     

Goodwill amortization (Section 197)

     39,391         34,915   

Change in accounting method

     —           8,075   

Partnership investments

     6,273         7,020   

Capital markets acquisition (2008)

     —           4,801   

Mortgage Servicing Rights

     6,679         3,387   

Other

     2,559         1,247   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

     54,902         59,445   

U.S. deferred tax asset/(liabilities) , net

     12,467         (14,126

Non U.S. deferred tax asset/(liabilities), net

     3,873         3,824   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax asset/(liabilities), net

   $ 16,340       $ (10,302
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Expressed in thousands of dollars

 

     2012      2011  

Balance at January 1

   $ 2,317       $ —     

Additions for tax positions of prior years

     2,919         2,317   

Balance at December 31

   $ 5,236       $ 2,317