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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

(7) Income Taxes

 

The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are 40.3% and 37.7%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are 42.9% and 39.7%, respectively. The Company incurred a discrete tax expense relating to a change in its state apportionment percentage during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, which increased the effective tax rate by 0.1% and 2.3%, respectively. Excluding this discrete expense, the effective rate would have been 40.2% and 40.6%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. The Company has computed the provision for income taxes based on the estimated annual effective tax rates and the application of discrete items, if any, in the applicable period. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due primarily to non-deductible expenses related to non-cash equity-based compensation, and meals and entertainment.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company did not record additional unrecognized tax benefits. During the three and nine months ended 2013, the Company recorded an unrecognized tax benefit in the amount of $2 and $986, respectively, for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years. To the extent these unrecognized tax benefits are ultimately recognized, the Company’s effective tax rate may be impacted in future periods.

 

The Company recognizes interest expense and tax penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company accrued interest and penalties in the amount of $25 and $2 related to unrecognized tax benefits for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company accrued interest and penalties in the amount of $72 and $13 related to unrecognized tax benefits.

 

               It is the Company’s practice and intention to indefinitely reinvest the earnings of its foreign subsidiaries in those operations. As of September 30, 2014, the excess of the amount for financial reporting over the tax basis of investment in these foreign subsidiaries is insignificant and the unrecognized deferred tax liability is not material.