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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

I.                Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities using future enacted rates. A valuation allowance is recorded against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, we did not recognize any tax expense or benefit due to our continued net operating loss position. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, we recognized a $0.3 million and $0.8 million current federal income tax benefit, respectively, which was primarily the result of a decrease in unrealized losses associated with the sale of our then-remaining auction rate security portfolio in the second quarter of 2012. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of favorable tax attributes in future tax returns, we have recorded a full valuation allowance against our otherwise recognizable net deferred tax assets.