INCOME TAXES AND DEFERRED TAXES INCOME TAXES AND DEFERRED TAXES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The following table presents the balances of the Company’s tax credit investments and related unfunded commitments at March 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	March 31,
	2015		2014
Tax credit investments	$	5,948	$	5,421
Unfunded commitments—tax credit investments	2,690		3,085

The following table presents other information related to the Company's tax credit investments for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Tax credits and other tax benefits recognized	$	319	$	205
Tax credit amortization expense included in provision for income taxes	244		174