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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 10 – Income Taxes

Our provision for income taxes is based on an estimated annual tax rate for the year applied to federal, state and foreign income. Income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2011 was $22.7 million, compared to $6.6 million for the same period in the prior year. The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2011 was 27.7 percent, compared to 11.1 percent for the same period in the prior year. The change in the effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to higher income in the United States that is subject to a tax rate greater than our key foreign jurisdictions and the temporary reinstatement of the research and experimentation tax credit in the second quarter of the prior year, which was retroactively applied back to January 1, 2010.

Income tax expense for the six months ended December 31, 2011 was $37.6 million, compared to $14.3 million for the same period in the prior year. The effective tax rate for the six months ended December 31, 2011 was 25.9 percent, compared to 15.1 percent for the same period in the prior year. The change in the effective tax rate for the six months ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to higher income in the United States that is subject to a tax rate greater than our key foreign jurisdictions and the temporary reinstatement of the research and experimentation tax credit in the second quarter of the prior year, which was retroactively applied back to January 1, 2010.

As of December 31, 2011, we have gross deferred tax assets of $440.1 million, deferred tax liabilities of $51.0 million and a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets of $161.6 million. In assessing the recoverability of our deferred tax assets, we regularly consider whether some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized based on the recognition threshold and measurement of a tax position in accordance with the FASB Accounting Standard Codification 740 "Income Taxes." The ultimate realization of our deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income of the proper character and source prior to the expiration of our net operating loss and tax credit carryforward periods. We consider the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, cumulative book income or losses, projected future taxable income, projected source of taxable income between foreign and domestic, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

As of December 31, 2011, unrecognized tax benefits and the related interest were $32.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively; all but $1.7 million would affect the tax rate if recognized. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded tax reserves on uncertain tax positions in the amount of $0.7 million and $1.2 million, respectively. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded additional interest expense on uncertain tax positions of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.