Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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)	2014			2013
Computer hardware and software	3 to 7	$	100,383		$	78,460
Card-reading equipment	5		13,066			12,649
Furniture, fixtures, and vehicles	3 to 6		10,319			9,420
Buildings and improvements	10 to 30		11,294			10,571

Property, plant and equipment, gross			135,062			111,100
Less: accumulated depreciation			(61,499	)		(57,144	)

Property, plant and equipment, net		$	73,563		$	53,956

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $21.1 million $16.9 million and $14.1 million, respectively. Depreciation expense includes $9.2 million, $7.3 million and $5.7 million, for capitalized computer software costs for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had unamortized computer software costs of $33.0 million and $24.6 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.

+ References+ Details