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Income taxes:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income taxes:  
Income taxes:

 

5.    Income taxes:

 

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are different from the U.S. federal income tax statutory rate of 35.0% primarily due to the impact of discrete expenses.  Since the Company is near breakeven these discrete items result in a significant impact on the effective income tax rate during the period.  Additional deviation from the U.S. federal income tax statutory rate are due to permanent differences resulting from non-deductible equity-based compensation expense and from the impact of state taxes and foreign losses that have not met the criteria for recording as an income tax benefit. The components of income (loss) before income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2015

 

Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic

 

$

(5,176

)

$

8,436

 

Foreign

 

4,453

 

(6,695

)

Total

 

$

(723

)

$

1,741