Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(14) Income Taxes

The Company or its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S., 29 states and 7 foreign jurisdictions. The tax years 2008 through 2010 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company or its subsidiaries is subject.

Audits of the Company’s 2008 and 2009 U.S. federal income tax returns commenced during the second quarter of 2011. To date, no material issues have been raised. During the third quarter of 2011, the Company recognized $451 of tax benefits due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years. Due to the potential for resolution of the examination or expiration of statutes of limitations, it is reasonably possible that the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits may change within the next 12 months by a range of zero to $582.

The Company received its 2009 federal income tax refund of $6,344 during January 2011.