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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2013
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
8.  INCOME TAXES
 
The Company recorded income tax (benefit) expense of $(0.3) million and $1.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, respectively. The effective tax rate decreased to 19% during the first quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to 46% for the same period in the prior year. The estimated annual effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 and first quarter of fiscal 2013 remained consistent at 30%. The decrease in the effective tax rate to 19% was primarily due to the impact of discrete items on the Company's loss. The effective tax rate of 46% in the prior fiscal period was primarily due to the impact of significant equity compensation shortfall on the Company's income. A shortfall is a result of stock-based compensation expense recorded in the financial statements being greater than the tax deduction generated by the exercise of SARs and the vesting of RSUs.
 
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $2.7 million at April 30, 2013. The entire amount of unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, will impact the Company's effective tax rate. This liability is classified as long-term unless the liability is expected to conclude within twelve months of the reporting date.  In the next twelve months, due to potential settlements with domestic tax authorities related to tax credits, an estimated $0.2 million of unrecognized tax benefits may be recognized.

The Company's policy is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of April 30, 2013, the Company has accrued approximately $0.3 million of interest and penalty expense relating to unrecognized tax benefits.

The Company files U.S. federal, state, and foreign tax returns that are subject to audit by various tax authorities. The Company is currently under audit in India for fiscal years ended March 31, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; in California for fiscal years ended 2004 and 2005; and in South Africa and Thailand for the fiscal year ended 2012.