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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
7.          INCOME TAXES
 
The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was $0.4 million, or (4.0%) of pretax loss, compared to a benefit for income taxes of $3.2 million, or 37.8%, of pretax loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.  No federal or state income tax benefit was recognized for the current period loss due to the recognition of a full valuation allowance. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2014 resulted from an increase in deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangible assets and various state tax expenses.

The Company assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets.  A significant piece of objective negative evidence was the cumulative losses incurred by the Company in recent years.  On the basis of this evaluation the realization of the Company's deferred tax assets was not deemed to be more likely than not and thus the Company has provided a valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets.