INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
INCOME TAXES	NOTE I — INCOME TAXES On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The estimated value of the Company’s uncertain tax positions at September 30, 2016 is a gross liability of tax and interest of $172,000. The Company believes that $70,000 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 2014. At September 30, 2016, the periods subject to examination for the Company’s major state jurisdictions are the years ended 2012 through 2015. 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 and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was 14.9% as compared to 31.6% for the 2015 period. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 reflects the enactment of lower corporate income tax rates in the United Kingdom, from 18% to 17%, effective April 1, 2020, as well as a lower blended state income tax rate as compared to the prior year.

INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

NOTE I — INCOME TAXES

On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The estimated value of the Company’s uncertain tax positions at September 30, 2016 is a gross liability of tax and interest of $172,000. The Company believes that $70,000 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 2014. At September 30, 2016, the periods subject to examination for the Company’s major state jurisdictions are the years ended 2012 through 2015.

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 and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was 14.9% as compared to 31.6% for the 2015 period. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 reflects the enactment of lower corporate income tax rates in the United Kingdom, from 18% to 17%, effective April 1, 2020, as well as a lower blended state income tax rate as compared to the prior year.