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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
8. Income Taxes

As previously announced, it was determined in the fourth quarter of 2011 that due to the Internal Revenue Code’s Section 382 limitations on our ability to utilize the net operating losses carry forwards of approximately $9,800 generated by American Access Technologies, Inc. prior to the Company’s merger in 2007 and subsequent net operating losses and foreign tax credit carry forwards, a full valuation allowance was warranted in the fourth quarter of 2011. As such, the tax provision on U.S. income generated in 2012 is offset by a reduction of the valuation allowance provided in 2011. The tax provision for 2012 reflects a 34% U.S. tax rate related to the income from the equity in foreign joint ventures’ operations, net of dividends received in 2012 for an effective rate of 28% and 25% for the three months and nine months ended September 2012.

In the three month period ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a $220 write down of its deferred tax assets related to the IRC’s Section 382 net operating loss carry forward limitation resulting from an IRS audit of the Company’s December 31, 2008 federal return. After giving effect to the write down of the deferred income taxes of $220, and adjusting for the cumulative effect of the change in the estimated tax rate for fiscal 2011, the effective tax rate for the third quarter 2011 and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was 47% and 34%, respectively.