Income Taxes (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

INCOME TAXES:

In first nine months 2013, our effective tax rate was approximately 41.4% based on the statutory federal tax rate net of discrete federal and state taxes. During first nine months 2012, our effective tax rate was approximately 34.7% based on the statutory federal tax rate net of discrete federal and foreign taxes. The increase in the effective tax rate resulted from the impact of additional forecasted state tax expense, resulting, in part, from the Company's income mix related to the increase in technology solutions revenue, on the annualized effective tax rate in 2013 and was partially offset by a discrete first quarter 2013 reversal of a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets.

During first nine months 2013 and 2012, we paid approximately $2.8 million and $1.4 million, respectively, of foreign source withholding tax. We previously accrued approximately $2.1 million of the first nine months 2013 foreign source withholding payments and established a corresponding deferred tax asset representing the associated foreign tax credit that we expect to utilize to offset future U.S. federal income taxes.