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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
 
We file a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States and various combined and separate filings in several state and local jurisdictions.
 
There were no unrecognized tax benefits nor any accrued interest or penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits during the nine months ended March 31, 2015.  We believe we have appropriate support for the income tax positions taken and to be taken on our tax returns and that the accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open years based on our assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the years ending June 30, 2010 through June 30, 2014.
 
Our effective tax rate for any period may differ from the statutory federal rate due to (i) our state income tax liability in Louisiana; (ii) stock-based compensation expense related to qualified incentive stock option awards (“ISO awards”), which creates a permanent tax difference for financial reporting, as these types of awards, if certain conditions are met, are not deductible for federal tax purposes; and (iii) statutory percentage depletion, which may create a permanent tax difference for financial reporting.

Based on the carryback of tax losses resulting from the exercise of stock options and incentive warrants in fiscal 2014, we filed a request for refund of cash taxes paid in Louisiana for the previous three fiscal years totaling approximately $1.5 million. This refund request is subject to final approval by the Louisiana tax authorities and we cannot be certain of the timing or amount of the ultimate recovery. This carryback will utilize approximately $19.1 million of an estimated $24.2 million net loss for state tax purposes, with $5.1 million of tax loss carryforwards remaining for Louisiana tax purposes. When received, this refund will not affect our tax provision for financial reporting purposes. We will recognize the benefit as an increase in additional paid-in capital.
 
We recognized income tax expense of $2,118,218 and $1,148,155 for the nine months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, with corresponding effective rates of 40.6% and 36.6%.