2.4.0.82112100 - Disclosure - Income Taxestruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001271024duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_IncomeTaxDisclosureAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;">Income Taxes </div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:6px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">The Company is subject to income tax in the United States as well as other tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business. Earnings from non-U.S. activities are subject to local country income tax. The Company does not provide for federal income taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries, as such, earnings are to be reinvested indefinitely offshore. The determination of the interim period income tax provision utilizes the effective rate method, which requires the estimation of certain annualized components of the computation of income provision, including the estimate of the annual effective tax rate by legal entity and by jurisdiction.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">On January 2, 2013, the President signed into law The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the "2012 Act"). Under prior law, a taxpayer was entitled to a research tax credit for qualifying amounts paid or incurred on or before December 31, 2011. The 2012 Act extends the research credit for two years to December 31, 2013. The extension of the research credit is retroactive and includes amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2011. As a result of the retroactive extension, the Company has recognized a tax benefit of approximately $14.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2013 for qualifying amounts incurred in 2012.</div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-indent:32px;font-size:10pt;">The Company recorded income tax expense of $4.1 million and $10.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $4.8 million and $15.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The tax provision decreased in the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the same periods last year, primarily due to recognizing a benefit for the retroactive reinstatement of the 2012 Federal Research and Experimentation credit. This tax benefit was partially offset by non-deductible stock-based compensation, acquisition costs and foreign losses that were not benefited. The Company's foreign losses increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the same periods last year primarily due to research and development expenses which grew internationally at a rate higher than the growth rate of international revenues. International research and development expenses include costs charged by LinkedIn Corporation.</div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for income taxes. 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