v3.5.0.1
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
The provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations consists of the following at March 31st (in thousands):

 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
437

 
$

 
$
(160
)
State
(1,023
)
 
88

 
11

Foreign
223

 
50

 
451

Total current provision (benefit)
(363
)
 
138

 
302

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(28,085
)
 
(13,907
)
 
24,252

State
(7,560
)
 
(1,894
)
 
6,138

Foreign
26

 
(26
)
 
(33
)
Total deferred provision (benefit)
(35,619
)
 
(15,827
)
 
30,357

Provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
(35,982
)
 
$
(15,689
)
 
$
30,659

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
Income tax provision (benefit) attributable to income from continuing operations was $(36.0) million, $(15.7) million and $30.7 million for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and differed from the amounts computed by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to pretax income from continuing operations as a result of the following at March 31st (in thousands):

 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
U.S expected tax (benefit) provision
$
(6,295
)
 
$
(19,926
)
 
$
(9,209
)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
(1,923
)
 
(1,504
)
 
(755
)
Meals and entertainment
279

 
270

 
271

Goodwill impairment

 
1,237

 

Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets
(27,139
)
 
2,555

 
40,260

Debt restructuring

 
1,277

 

Other, net
(904
)
 
402

 
92

Provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
(35,982
)
 
$
(15,689
)
 
$
30,659

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effected net deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following at March 31st (in thousands):

 
2016
 
2015
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Net operating losses
$
35,257

 
$
38,215

Reserves and accruals
3,134

 

Deferred financing costs
75

 
273

Goodwill and other intangibles
817

 
980

Other
14,336

 
4,745

Gross deferred income tax assets
53,619

 
44,213

Valuation allowance

 
(23,401
)
Total deferred tax assets
53,619

 
20,812

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Goodwill and other intangibles
(78,558
)
 
(82,670
)
Circulation expenses
(2,324
)
 
(2,617
)
Property and equipment
(2,480
)
 
(3,580
)
Other
(3,669
)
 
(2,692
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(87,031
)
 
(91,559
)
Net deferred tax liability
$
(33,412
)
 
$
(70,747
)
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards
At March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had gross U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards as follows (in thousands):

 
2016
 
2015
Federal
$
89,179

 
$
96,628

State
83,089

 
88,399

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward
A reconciliation of the change in the unrecognized tax benefits from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):

Balance, April 1, 2014
$
693

Increases for tax positions taken during a prior period

Decreases for tax positions taken during a prior period

Lapse of statute of limitations

Balance, March 31, 2015
$
693

Decreases for tax positions taken during a prior period
(525
)
Balance, March 31, 2016
$
168