Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule of provision for income taxes from operations

The provision for income taxes from operations consisted of the following:



	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2015			2014			2013
Current
Federal	$	29,684		$	25,178		$	19,804
State	5,001			4,391			3,243
Foreign	3,568			4,041			3,926
Deferred
Federal	2,390			2,264			3,646
State	753			142			404
Foreign	(605		)	(225		)	(430		)
	$	40,791		$	35,791		$	30,593

Schedule of income and loss from operations before income taxes

Income and loss from operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, consisted of the following:



	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2015		2014		2013
Domestic	$	106,381	$	90,142	$	74,912
Foreign	2,298		9,180		6,652
	$	108,679	$	99,322	$	81,564

Schedule of effective income tax rates reconciliations

Reconciliations between the statutory federal income tax rates and the Company’s effective income tax rates as a percentage of income before income taxes for its operations were as follows:



	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2015		2014		2013
Federal tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State taxes, net of federal benefit	3.3	%	3.0	%	3.0	%
Tax benefit of domestic manufacturing deduction	(2.3	)%	(2.4	)%	(2.2	)%
Change in valuation allowance	1.3	%	1.5	%	1.3	%
Difference between United States statutory and foreign local tax rates	0.2	%	(0.4	)%	0.1	%
Change in uncertain tax position	0.3	%	(0.8	)%	(0.4	)%
Other	(0.3	)%	0.1	%	0.7	%
Effective income tax rate	37.5	%	36.0	%	37.5	%

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

The tax effects of the significant temporary differences that constitute the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, were as follows:



	December 31,
(in thousands)	2015			2014
Current deferred tax assets (liabilities)
State tax	$	1,762		$	1,685
Workers’ compensation	1,777			1,586
Health claims	746			651
Vacation liability	1,410			1,211
Allowance for doubtful accounts	205			156
Inventories	6,112			5,685
Sales incentive and advertising allowances	963			757
Stock-based compensation	3,422			3,197
Unrealized foreign exchange gain or loss	247			102
Other, net	(441		)	(368		)
	$	16,203		$	14,662
Long-term deferred tax assets (liabilities)
Depreciation	$	(5,265	)	$	(3,913	)
Goodwill and other intangibles amortization	(11,835		)	(10,512		)
Stock-based compensation	2,207			3,315
Accrued pension liabilities	—			1,276
Foreign tax credit carryforwards	1,345			—
Uncertain tax positions’ unrecognized tax benefits	134			623
Non-United States tax loss carry forward	7,082			6,506
Tax effect on cumulative translation adjustment	(711		)	(789		)
Other	588			796
	(6,455		)	(2,698		)
Less valuation allowances	(7,576		)	(6,754		)
	$	(14,031	)	$	(9,452	)

Schedule of reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, including foreign translation amount

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, was as follows, including foreign translation amounts:



Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits	2015			2014			2013
Balance at January 1	$	1,307		$	3,456		$	3,843
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years	310			7			297
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years	(514		)	(1,146		)	(494		)
Additions for tax positions of the current year	191			165			837
Settlements	—			(680		)	(435		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(187		)	(495		)	(592		)
Balance at December 31	$	1,107		$	1,307		$	3,456