Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	NOTE 12. Income Taxes In connection with DigitalGlobe’s acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, the Company recognized a net current deferred tax asset of $26.8 million and a net noncurrent deferred tax liability of $124.5 million, which reflects the expected future tax effects of certain differences between the financial reporting carrying amounts and tax bases of GeoEye’s assets and liabilities. The primary differences involve GeoEye’s intangible assets, and property and equipment, including the effects of acquisition date valuation adjustments. The net deferred tax liability is partially offset by a deferred tax asset for expected future tax deductions relating to GeoEye’s net operating loss carryforwards. Based on preliminary information, DigitalGlobe recorded a valuation allowance of $2.0 million on the acquisition date for a portion of the acquired net deferred tax assets that it believes are not more likely than not to be realized. The Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of GeoEye based on its preliminary estimates of their acquisition date fair values. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities (and the related determination of estimated lives of depreciable tangible and identifiable intangible assets) requires significant judgment. DigitalGlobe expects to complete its final determinations no later than January 31, 2014. The Company’s preliminary acquisition date estimates of deferred income taxes and the related valuation allowance are subject to adjustment as discussed in Note 4. The Company’s effective income tax rate was 67.9% and 39.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and 30.7% and 42.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory federal rate of 35.0% primarily due to state taxes and the effects of non-deductible stock based compensation and discrete items related to the vesting of equity based compensation, 2012 research and development tax credits resulting from tax law changes enacted in January 2013 and significant non-deductible costs related to the acquisition of GeoEye. We expect our annualized effective tax rate before discrete items to be approximately 36.3% for 2013.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

NOTE 12. Income Taxes

In connection with DigitalGlobe’s acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, the Company recognized a net current deferred tax asset of $26.8 million and a net noncurrent deferred tax liability of $124.5 million, which reflects the expected future tax effects of certain differences between the financial reporting carrying amounts and tax bases of GeoEye’s assets and liabilities. The primary differences involve GeoEye’s intangible assets, and property and equipment, including the effects of acquisition date valuation adjustments. The net deferred tax liability is partially offset by a deferred tax asset for expected future tax deductions relating to GeoEye’s net operating loss carryforwards. Based on preliminary information, DigitalGlobe recorded a valuation allowance of $2.0 million on the acquisition date for a portion of the acquired net deferred tax assets that it believes are not more likely than not to be realized.

The Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of GeoEye based on its preliminary estimates of their acquisition date fair values. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities (and the related determination of estimated lives of depreciable tangible and identifiable intangible assets) requires significant judgment. DigitalGlobe expects to complete its final determinations no later than January 31, 2014. The Company’s preliminary acquisition date estimates of deferred income taxes and the related valuation allowance are subject to adjustment as discussed in Note 4.

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 67.9% and 39.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and 30.7% and 42.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory federal rate of 35.0% primarily due to state taxes and the effects of non-deductible stock based compensation and discrete items related to the vesting of equity based compensation, 2012 research and development tax credits resulting from tax law changes enacted in January 2013 and significant non-deductible costs related to the acquisition of GeoEye. We expect our annualized effective tax rate before discrete items to be approximately 36.3% for 2013.