Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

8. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):


	Estimated Useful Lives (in Years)	2013			2012
Computer hardware and software	3 to 7	$	78,460		$	65,988
Card-reading equipment	5		12,649			10,218
Furniture, fixtures, and vehicles	3 to 6		9,420			7,986
Buildings and improvements	10 to 30		10,571			9,710

Property, plant and equipment, gross			111,100			93,902
Less: accumulated depreciation			(57,144	)		(48,706	)

Property, plant and equipment, net		$	53,956		$	45,196

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $16.9 million $14.1 million and $11.5 million, respectively. Depreciation expense includes $7.3 million, $5.7 million and $4.1 million, for capitalized computer software costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had unamortized computer software costs of $24.6 million and $19.0 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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