Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Note 9. Income Taxes

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Company incurred $2.0 million of income tax expense which was comprised of $2.2 million of income tax expense from foreign operations and $0.2 million of state income tax benefit related to a prior year refund.  There was no U.S. federal income tax expense in the quarter ended September 30, 2011 due to the utilization of net operating loss carryforward deductions and a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, the net income tax expense of $0.6 million related to foreign operations.  There was no federal or state income tax expense due to the utilization of net operating loss carryforward deductions and a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets.

Income tax expense for the six month period ended September 30, 2011 was $3.8 million, comprised of $4.8 million related to foreign operations, a $0.9 million U.S. federal income tax benefit related to a prior year settlement, and $0.1 million of state income tax benefit.

During the six month period ended September 30, 2010, income tax expense was $1.9 million, comprised of a $1.8 million income tax expense related to foreign operations and $0.1 million of state income tax expense.  No federal tax benefit was recognized from the loss on early extinguishment of debt due to the Company’s position regarding its valuation allowance.  The $1.8 million foreign income tax expense includes a $0.4 million tax expense as a result of a tax law change in Portugal.

The effective income tax rate was 7.6% and 11.2% for the six month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.