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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
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:
(Expressed in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| Amount |  | Percentage |  | Amount |  | Percentage |  | Amount |  | Percentage
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate | $ | 9,008 |  |  | 35.0 | % |  | $ | 15,368 |  |  | 35.0 | % |  | $ | (184 | ) |  | 35.0 | %
U.S. state and local income taxes, net of U.S. federal income tax benefits | 2,033 |  |  | 7.9 | % |  | 2,131 |  |  | 4.9 | % |  | (1,585 | ) |  |
Unrecognized tax benefit | 6 |  |  | — | % |  | 1,244 |  |  | 2.8 | % |  | 1,524 |  |  |
Tax exempt income, net of interest expense | (528 | ) |  | -2.0 | % |  | (715 | ) |  | -1.6 | % |  | (561 | ) |  |
Non-deductible regulatory settlements | 5,298 |  |  | 20.6 | % |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | 306 |  |  |
Business promotion and other non-deductible expenses | 655 |  |  | 2.5 | % |  | 660 |  |  | 1.5 | % |  | 545 |  |  |
Insurance proceeds, non-taxable | (65 | ) |  | -0.3 | % |  | (597 | ) |  | -1.4 | % |  | (349 | ) |  |
Adjustment to reflect prior year tax return filings | 256 |  |  | 1.0 | % |  | (251 | ) |  | -0.6 | % |  | (294 | ) |  |
Tax rate change on deferred income taxes | 241 |  |  | 0.9 | % |  | 208 |  |  | 0.5 | % |  | 390 |  |  |
Non-U.S. operations | (447 | ) |  | -1.7 | % |  | 185 |  |  | 0.4 | % |  | 678 |  |  |
Other | (282 | ) |  | -1.1 | % |  | (477 | ) |  | -1.1 | % |  | (146 | ) |  |
Total income tax expense | $ | 16,175 |  |  | 62.8 | % |  | $ | 17,756 |  |  | 40.4 | % |  | $ | 324 |  |  | n/m |
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) |  |  |  |  |
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Current: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal tax (benefit) | $ | 10,302 |  |  | $ | (2,984 | ) |  | $ | 19,918 |
State and local tax | 1,520 |  |  | 1,885 |  |  | 2,765 |
Non-U.S. operations | (264 | ) |  | 116 |  |  | (61 | )
Total Current | 11,558 |  |  | (983 | ) |  | 22,622 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal tax (benefit) | 1,273 |  |  | 16,658 |  |  | (17,303 | )
State and local tax (benefit) | 2,057 |  |  | 2,482 |  |  | (4,890 | )
Non-U.S. operations | 1,287 |  |  | (401 | ) |  | (105 | )
Total Deferred | 4,617 |  |  | 18,739 |  |  | (22,298 | )
Total | $ | 16,175 |  |  | $ | 17,756 |  |  | $ | 324 |
Schedule of Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
(Expressed in thousands) |  |  |
| For the Year Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Employee deferred compensation plans | $ | 30,969 |  |  | $ | 31,213 |
Deferred rent | 10,024 |  |  | 10,451 |
Lease incentive | 6,212 |  |  | 6,693 |
Broker notes | 3,460 |  |  | 3,915 |
Auction rate securities reserve | 3,229 |  |  | 3,669 |
Net operating loss | 2,896 |  |  | 4,587 |
Involuntary conversion | 2,033 |  |  | 1,866 |
Reserve for litigation and legal fees | 5,808 |  |  | 1,659 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 984 |  |  | 1,002 |
State and local net operating loss/credit carryforward | 357 |  |  | 1,993 |
Other | 2,650 |  |  | 2,757 |
Total deferred tax assets | 68,622 |  |  | 69,805 |
Valuation allowance | 113 |  |  | 138 |
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance | 68,509 |  |  | 69,667 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Goodwill amortization (Section 197) | 48,025 |  |  | 43,728 |
Partnership investments | 10,865 |  |  | 12,039 |
Mortgage servicing rights | 12,173 |  |  | 9,889 |
Company owned life insurance | 6,501 |  |  | 5,173 |
Change in accounting method | 2,591 |  |  | 3,895 |
Book versus tax depreciation differences | 982 |  |  | 1,437 |
Other | 469 |  |  | 602 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 81,606 |  |  | 76,763 |
Deferred tax liabilities, net | $ | (13,097 | ) |  | $ | (7,096 | )
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefit follows:
(Expressed in thousands) |  |  |  |  |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Balance at January 1, | $ | 1,574 |  |  | $ | 5,236 |  |  | $ | 2,317 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | — |  |  | 1,168 |  |  | 2,919 |
Additions for tax positions of current year | 9 |  |  | 77 |  |  | — |
Reclass to other tax accounts | — |  |  | (4,907 | ) |  | — |
Balance at December 31, | $ | 1,583 |  |  | $ | 1,574 |  |  | $ | 5,236 |

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