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Note 9 - Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Note 9 - Income Taxes	Mar. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 9 – Income Taxes The Company’s effective tax rate was 2.5% and (9.9)% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 29, 2015, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the effective tax rate differed from the federal tax rate of 35% due primarily to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. For the three months ended March 29, 2015, the effective tax rate differed from the federal tax rate of 35% due primarily to the alternative minimum tax and, to a lesser extent, permanent differences. Income tax expense was less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, which was attributed primarily to tax amortization of indefinite-lived intangibles. Income tax expense was $0.2 million for the three months ended March 29, 2015, which was related to alternative minimum tax. In connection with the Merger, on July 31, 2015, the Company entered into a NOL Preservation Agreement with the Sartini Trust, Lyle A. Berman (a director and shareholder of the Company), as well as certain other shareholders of the Company affiliated with Mr. Berman or another director of the Company. The NOL Preservation Agreement is intended to help minimize the risk of an “ownership change,” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that would limit the Company’s ability to utilize its federal net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income. Deferred tax assets are evaluated by considering historical levels of income, estimates of future taxable income and the impact of tax planning strategies. Management has evaluated all available evidence and has determined that negative evidence continues to outweigh positive evidence for the realization of deferred tax assets and as a result continues to provide a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2016. The Company's income taxes receivable of $2.1 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 primarily relates to 2012 taxable losses carried back to a prior year. The Company is currently under IRS audit for the 2009 through 2013 tax years and the IRS has proposed certain adjustments to the tax filings for those years. However, the Company believes it is more likely than not that it will prevail in challenging the proposed adjustments and maintains that the positions taken were proper and supported by applicable laws and regulations. The Company does not believe, when resolved, that this dispute will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.