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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense
The components of our income (loss) before benefit for income taxes were as follows (in thousands):

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
United States
$
11,236

 
$
3,087

 
$
(9,242
)
Foreign
435

 
885

 
972

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
$
11,671

 
$
3,972

 
$
(8,270
)
Schedule Of Income Before Income Tax, Domestic And Foreign
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
Current:
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
(584
)
 
$
(948
)
 
$
(275
)
State
(457
)
 
(214
)
 
(1,433
)
Foreign
97

 
178

 
179

Total current
(944
)
 
(984
)
 
(1,529
)
Deferred:
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
8,037

 
4,306

 
(28,161
)
State
644

 
361

 
(3,992
)
Foreign
(30
)
 
(15
)
 
(14
)
Total deferred
8,651

 
4,652

 
(32,167
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
7,707

 
$
3,668

 
$
(33,696
)
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The following table provides a reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective tax rate:

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
Tax provision (benefit) at U.S. statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
10.5

 
14.1

 
31.7

Non-qualified stock option shortfalls (windfalls), net
15.2

 
23.0

 
1.9

Stock-based compensation
11.0

 
18.3

 
(9.7
)
Lobbying
2.6

 
8.9

 
(9.1
)
Research and development credits
(9.7
)
 
(20.4
)
 
(1.5
)
Tax reform - tax rate change

 

 
355.9

Foreign income tax and income inclusion

 
10.9

 
2.7

Other
1.4

 
2.4

 
0.7

Effective tax rate
66.0
 %
 
92.2
 %
 
407.6
 %
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, together with net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Significant components of our deferred tax assets were as follows (in thousands):

 
December 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2017
Deferred tax assets:
 

 
 

Accruals and reserves
$
2,242

 
$
2,499

Stock-based compensation
2,960

 
2,443

Intangible assets
1,464

 
448

Net operating losses
9,337

 
12,055

Tax credits
4,399

 
3,569

Other
70

 
178

Total deferred tax assets
20,472

 
21,192

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Commissions receivable
(93,538
)
 
(64,911
)
Intangible assets
(2,133
)
 
(1,083
)
Fixed assets

 
(55
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(95,671
)
 
(66,049
)
Net deferred tax liabilities
$
(75,199
)
 
$
(44,857
)
Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of our unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
6,756

Increases based on tax positions related to the prior year
344

Decreases based on tax positions related to the prior year
(24
)
Lapse of statute of limitations
(1,301
)
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
409

Balance at December 31, 2015
$
6,184

Lapse of statute of limitations
(1,236
)
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
305

Balance at December 31, 2016
5,253

Decreases based on tax positions related to the prior year
(862
)
Lapse of statute of limitations
(1,637
)
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
342

Balance at December 31, 2017
$
3,096