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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense
The following summarizes the components of income tax expense:
  
Years ended December 31,
 
(in thousands)
2015

2014

2013

Current taxes:
 
 
 
U.S. Federal
$
5,890

$
5,757

$
78

U.S. State and local
2,215

2,158

1,127

International
33

(21
)
(221
)
Total current taxes
8,138

7,894

984

Deferred taxes:
 
 
 
U.S. Federal
2,702

4,725

14,394

U.S. State and local
585

(1,329
)
(694
)
International
(122
)
(346
)
173

Total deferred taxes
3,165

3,050

13,873

Total income tax provision
$
11,303

$
10,944

$
14,857

Schedule of Income Before Provision for Income Taxes
The following summarizes the components of income before provision for income taxes:
  
Years ended December 31,
 
(in thousands)
2015

2014

2013

U.S.
$
37,523

$
39,638

$
48,137

International
(571
)
(404
)
(2,808
)
Income before provision for income taxes
$
36,952

$
39,234

$
45,329

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
A reconciliation between the effect of applying the federal statutory rate and the effective income tax rate used to calculate our income tax provision is as follows:
  
Years ended December 31,
 
  
2015

2014

2013

Federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
35.0
 %
35.0
 %
Effect of:
 
 
 
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
5.7

3.2

5.2

Change in state income tax rate applied to deferred tax balances
2.1

(1.1
)
(2.5
)
Fixed assets
(0.1
)
(0.3
)
(1.0
)
Unrecognized tax benefit
(1.1
)
(2.9
)
0.3

State credits, net of federal benefit
6.0

(1.0
)
(2.9
)
Change in valuation reserve
(8.6
)
1.3

0.7

Federal credits generated
(6.1
)
(4.7
)
(5.1
)
Foreign tax rate
(0.7
)
(0.1
)
0.6

Acquisition costs
0.1

0.6


Section 162(m) limitation
0.1

0.4

1.8

Loss from sale of foreign subsidiary
1.9



Domestic production activities deduction
(1.8
)
(1.2
)

Other
(1.9
)
(1.3
)
0.7

Income tax provision effective rate
30.6
 %
27.9
 %
32.8
 %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
  
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
2015

2014

Deferred tax assets relating to:
 
 
Federal and state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards
$
13,913

$
15,428

Federal, state and foreign tax credits
10,464

14,792

Intangible assets
449

562

Stock-based compensation
7,848

4,072

Accrued bonuses
9,335

7,177

Deferred revenue
6,049

7,332

Allowance for doubtful accounts
780

1,655

Other
6,593

5,790

Total deferred tax assets
55,431

56,808

Deferred tax liabilities relating to:
 
 
Intangible assets
(49,559
)
(54,794
)
Fixed assets
(10,323
)
(10,715
)
Other
(12,765
)
(7,593
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(72,647
)
(73,102
)
Valuation allowance
(7,911
)
(11,161
)
Net deferred tax liability
$
(25,127
)
$
(27,455
)
Summary of Changes in Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
The following table illustrates the change in our deferred tax asset valuation allowance: 
(in thousands)
Balance
at beginning
of year

Acquisition
related
change

Charges to
expense

Balance at
end of
year

Year ended December 31,
2015
$
11,161

$

$
(3,250
)
$
7,911

2014
11,042


119

11,161

2013
10,651

635

(244
)
11,042

Summary of Changes in Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following table sets forth the change to our unrecognized tax benefit for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
  
Years ended December 31,
 
(in thousands)
2015

2014

2013

Balance at beginning of year
$
3,564

$
3,698

$
3,846

Increases from prior period positions
129

195

1,254

Decreases in prior year positions
(651
)
(102
)
(813
)
Increases from current period positions
257

1,046

224

Settlements (payments)
(274
)


Lapse of statute of limitations
(1
)
(1,273
)
(813
)
Balance at end of year
$
3,024

$
3,564

$
3,698