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INCOME TAXES (Block) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure Abstract |
Income Tax Disclosure Text Block | 8. INCOME TAXES Tax Rate s For The Nine Months And Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 T he effective income tax rate s were 36.4% and 49.2% for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. These rates were impacted by an adjustment for expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes and a tax benefit associated with a reduction in liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of the statute of limitations in certain jurisdictions. Tax Rate s For The Nine Months And Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 The effective income tax rate s w ere 56.3% and 51.6% for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. These effective income tax rates reflect: (1) a reversal of the full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets; and (2) certain discrete items of tax. The income tax benefit from the reversal of the full valuation allowance was offset by a prior period correction in the current period that increased deferred income tax expense by $6.0 million (see Note 8 below for further discussion). Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, net deferred tax liabilities were $11.4 million and $8.3 million, respectively. The i ncome tax accounting process to determine the deferred tax liabilities involves estimating all temporary differences between the tax and financial reporting bases of the Company's assets and liabilities, based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the period in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. The Company estimated the current exposure by assessing the temporary differences and computing the provision for income taxes by applying the estimated effective tax rate to income. Prior Period Tax Provision Correction Included in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is a prior period c orrection to the year ended December 31, 2008 of $6.0 million that was made to record an income tax benefit to other comprehensive income (loss) and to increase deferred income tax expense by the same amount. The prior period financial statements were not restated as t his correction was considered to be immaterial to both the Company's previously reported and current results of operations and financial position and had no i m pact on previously reported cash flows from operating, financing or investing activities. In addition, during the three month s ended September 30, 2011, the Company noted an error related to deferred tax expense for the three month s ended June 30, 2011. As of June 30, 2011, the Company did not reflect the federal benefit for state taxes in calculating its deferred tax assets which had the effect of understating deferred tax expense by $1.5 million. The Company corrected t his error during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 by recognizing an additional $1.5 million in deferred tax expense in the period s. There was no impact on the tax rate for the nine month s ended September 30, 2011. The Company recorded the correction of this error to the financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as this error was not material to the financial statements for either the three months ended September 30, 2011 or the three months ended June 30, 2011.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 109 -Paragraph 136, 172 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 109 -Paragraph 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph h -Article 4 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32559-109319 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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