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Income Taxes
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 6: Income Taxes

The determination of the amount of deferred income tax assets which are more likely than not to be realized is primarily dependent on projections of future earnings, which are subject to uncertainty and estimates that may change given economic conditions and other factors. A valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets is required when it is considered more likely than not that all or part of the benefit related to such assets will not be realized. Management has reviewed the deferred tax position of the Company at March 31, 2012. The deferred tax position has been affected by several significant transactions in recent years. These transactions include increased provision for loan losses, the levels of non-accrual loans and other-than-temporary impairment write-offs of certain investments, as well as a loss on the bulk sale of loans in 2011. As a result, the Company is in a cumulative net loss position at March 31, 2012, and under the applicable accounting guidance, has concluded that it is not more-likely-than-not that the Company will be able to realize its deferred tax assets and, accordingly, has established a full valuation allowance totaling $14.1 million against its deferred tax asset at March 31, 2012. The valuation allowance is analyzed quarterly for changes affecting the deferred tax asset. If, in the future, the Company generates taxable income on a sustained basis, management’s conclusion regarding the need for a deferred tax asset valuation allowance could change, resulting in the reversal of all or a portion of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

 

An “ownership change” occurred with respect to the Company in 2010 for purposes of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Consequently, the Company’s ability to claim net operating loss carryforwards attributable to periods prior to the ownership change and certain recognized built-in losses and deductions (“pre-ownership change losses”) against income in years subsequent to the ownership change is limited. The amount of pre-ownership change losses that may be applied against income in a tax year subsequent to the ownership change is generally limited to the product of (x) the Company’s fair market value on the date of the ownership change and (y) the highest federal long-term tax-exempt rate in effect for any month in the three-month period ending with the calendar month in which the ownership change occurred, plus any unused capacity to claim pre-ownership change losses from prior years.

In 2011 the Company calculated the annual limitation on its use of pre-ownership change losses under Section 382 as a result of the 2010 ownership change as $284,000. The Company also determined that the amount of its pre-ownership change losses was $36.2 million. Based on that analysis and a 20-year carryforward period, the Company may utilize approximately $5.7 million of the pre-ownership change losses. Accordingly, the Company wrote-off approximately $10.4 million of deferred tax assets in 2011. The write-off of the deferred tax asset did not affect the consolidated financial statements as there is a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets.