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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE (11) – Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes. Income tax expense is the total of the current year income tax due or refundable and the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management evaluates both positive and negative evidence, including the existence of any cumulative losses in the current year and the prior two years, the amount of taxes paid in available carry-back years, the forecasts of future income, tax planning strategies, which include selling certain assets that we own for a $2.0 million gain, and assessments of current and future economic and business conditions. This analysis is updated quarterly and adjusted as necessary. Based on the analysis, the Company has determined that a valuation allowance of $6.9 million for deferred tax assets was required as of September 30, 2011. The Company has recorded a valuation allowance of $507 thousand at year-end 2010. The increase in the valuation allowance against its federal and state deferred tax assets was due to the large net losses in the last two quarters and the Company's inability to project sufficient future taxable income.