Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

NOTE 10: Income Taxes

        The provision for income tax for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, was $6.2 million and $7.1 million, respectively. The provision for income tax for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 was $2.2 million and $2.8 million, respectively. While the Company had pretax losses during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the income tax provision for these periods relate primarily to taxes due in countries with deemed profit tax regimes, withholding taxes and reflects the increase of the valuation allowance in the United States. The income tax provisions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 relate primarily to taxes due in countries with deemed profit tax regimes, withholding taxes and the release of valuation allowance in certain foreign jurisdictions with operating income based on the Company's reevaluation of the realizability of these future tax benefits.

        The following summarizes changes in the Company's uncertain tax positions for the six months ended June 30, 2012 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2011	$	9,770
Increase in tax positions related to current period		—
Interest		382
Balance at June 30, 2012	$	10,152

        The Company accounts for any applicable interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions as a component of income tax expense which was $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively. Interest and penalties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 were $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had $3.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of accrued interest related to unrealized tax benefits. The tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions are from 2005 to 2011.