Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

5. Income Taxes:

As of March 31, 2012, we had approximately $6.0 million in total gross unrecognized tax benefits. Of this amount, $5.9 million (net of federal benefit on state issues), if recognized, would be recorded through the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of March 31, 2012, we recognized $0.1 million (net of federal tax benefits) in interest and penalties in income tax expense in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740.

We are currently under examination for our U.S. federal income taxes for 2011 and 2012 and are subject to examination by numerous other taxing authorities in the U.S. and in jurisdictions such as Australia, Belgium, France, Canada, and Germany. We are generally no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by taxing authorities for years before 2007.