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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
6.
Income Taxes
 
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets are as follows:
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment
 
$
7,727
 
$
8,235
 
Intangible assets
 
 
18,134
 
 
14,425
 
Prepaid expenses
 
 
621
 
 
601
 
Total deferred tax liabilities
 
 
26,482
 
 
23,261
 
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
 
158
 
 
232
 
Compensation
 
 
3,264
 
 
3,355
 
Other accrued liabilities
 
 
119
 
 
128
 
Loss carry forwards
 
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
3,541
 
 
3,722
 
Less: valuation allowance
 
 
 
 
7
 
Total net deferred tax assets
 
 
3,541
 
 
3,715
 
Net deferred tax liabilities
 
$
22,941
 
$
19,546
 
Current portion of deferred tax assets
 
$
845
 
$
1,025
 
Non-current portion of deferred tax liabilities
 
 
(23,786)
 
 
(20,571)
 
Net deferred tax liabilities
 
$
(22,941)
 
$
(19,546)
 
 
Deferred tax assets are required to be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. At December 31, 2014, we do not have a valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets.
 
At December 31, 2014 and 2013, net deferred tax liabilities include a deferred tax asset of $2,082,000 and $2,089,000, respectively, relating to deferred compensation and stock-based compensation expense. Full realization of the tax asset related to stock based compensation requires stock options to be exercised at a price equaling or exceeding the sum of the grant price plus the fair value of the option at the grant date and restricted stock to vest at a price equaling or exceeding the fair market value at the grant date. Accounting guidance, however, does not allow a valuation allowance to be recorded unless the company’s future taxable income is expected to be insufficient to recover the asset. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the price of the Company’s common stock will increase to levels sufficient to realize the entire tax benefit currently reflected in the balance sheets at December 31, 2014 and 2013. See Note 7 — Stock-Based Compensation for further discussion of stock-based compensation expense.
  
The significant components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:
 
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
$
5,540
 
$
6,210
 
$
6,160
 
State
 
 
1,125
 
 
1,125
 
 
1,150
 
Total current
 
 
6,665
 
 
7,335
 
 
7,310
 
Total deferred
 
 
3,385
 
 
2,805
 
 
4,540
 
 
 
$
10,050
 
$
10,140
 
$
11,850
 
Taxes are allocated as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
 
$
10,050
 
$
9,992
 
$
11,939
 
Discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
148
 
 
(89)
 
 
 
$
10,050
 
$
10,140
 
$
11,850
 
 
In addition, we recognized a tax expense of $10,000, a tax benefit of $9,200 and a tax expense of $25,000 as a result of stock option exercises for the difference between compensation expense for financial statement and income tax purposes for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
The reconciliation of income tax at the U.S. federal statutory tax rates to income tax expense (benefit) is as follows:
 
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tax expense at U.S. statutory rates
 
$
8,630
 
$
8,894
 
$
10,486
 
State tax expense, net of federal benefit
 
 
1,249
 
 
1,192
 
 
1,356
 
Other, net
 
 
178
 
 
105
 
 
42
 
Change in valuation allowance on loss carry forwards
 
 
(7)
 
 
(51)
 
 
(34)
 
 
 
$
10,050
 
$
10,140
 
$
11,850
 
Discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
148
 
 
89
 
 
 
$
10,050
 
$
9,992
 
$
11,939
 
 
The Company files income taxes in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and in various state and local jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal examinations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for years prior to 2009. During the first quarter of 2012, the IRS commenced an examination of the Company’s 2010 U.S. federal income tax return which was completed in the third quarter of 2012 and resulted in no changes to the return. The Company is subject to examination for income and non-income tax filings in various states.
  
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 there were no accrued balances recorded related to uncertain tax positions.
 
We classify income tax-related interest and penalties as interest expense and corporate general and administrative expense, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had no tax-related interest or penalties and had $0 accrued at December 31, 2014 and 2013.