Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The provision for income tax consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Current:
Federal	$	22,834		$	20,759		$	3,673
State	2,676			(289		)	412
Foreign	9,415			11,639			11,443
Total current	34,925			32,109			15,528
Deferred:
Federal	3,678			2,427			6,761
State	(235		)	314			2,012
Foreign	(3,193		)	(1,591		)	(1,951		)
Total deferred	250			1,150			6,822
Total provision	$	35,175		$	33,259		$	22,350

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate with j2 Global's effective income tax rate is as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2013		2012			2011
Statutory tax rate	35	%		35	%		35	%
State income taxes, net	0.3			0.5			0.9
Foreign rate differential	(17.9	)		(17.4	)		(16	)
Reserve for uncertain tax positions	4.3			4.9			(5.7	)
Valuation Allowance	1.9			3.2			(0.1	)
IRC Section 199 deductions	(0.5	)		(3.4	)		—
Other	1.6			(1.3	)		2.2
Effective tax rates	24.7	%		21.5	%		16.3	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities result from differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. Temporary differences and carryforwards which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2013		2012
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	9,596		2,890
Tax credit carryforwards	9,233		7,600
Accrued expenses	1,196		821
Allowance for bad debt	1,423		1,028
Share-based compensation expense	4,917		5,990
Basis difference in fixed assets	1,266		—
Impairment of investments	161		355
Gain on sale of intangible assets	123		137
Deferred revenue	812		270
State taxes	1,451		1,534
	30,178		20,625
Less:  Valuation Allowance	(8,493	)	(5,918	)
Total deferred tax assets	21,685		14,707
Deferred tax liabilities:
Basis difference in fixed assets	—		(84	)
Basis difference in intangible assets	(47,711	)	(38,864	)
Prepaid insurance	(369	)	(224	)
Other	(6,359	)	(5,018	)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(54,439	)	(44,190	)
Net deferred tax assets	(32,754	)	(29,483	)

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the Company's unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at January 1, 2013	$	35,421
Decreases related to positions taken during a prior period	(1,646		)
Increases related to positions taken in the current period	7,113
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	40,888