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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes

NOTE G — INCOME TAXES

The Company has generated various state net operating loss carryforwards of which $18.7 million remains at March 31, 2013 that begin to expire in 2014. The Company has net operating losses in foreign jurisdictions of $2.1 million at March 31, 2013 that begin to expire in 2016. The valuation allowance of $1.2 million which exists as of March 31, 2013 relates to certain state net operating losses.

The estimated value of the Company’s uncertain tax positions at March 31, 2013 is a gross liability of $301,000. If the Company’s tax positions are sustained by the taxing authorities in favor of the Company, the Company’s net liability would be reduced by $301,000, all of which would benefit the Company’s tax provision. On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The Company believes that $301,000 of its tax positions will be resolved within the next twelve months.

The Company has identified the following jurisdictions as “major” tax jurisdictions: U.S. Federal, California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and the United Kingdom. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for the years prior to 2009. At March 31, 2013, the periods subject to examination for the Company’s major state jurisdictions are the years ended 2008 through 2012.

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties is to record such items as a component of income taxes. Interest and penalties were not material to the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.