INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

Income before provision for income taxes, and the related provision for income taxes, for the years ended December 31 2015, 2014 and 2013, were as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2015		2014			2013
Income before provision for income taxes	$	60,701	$	63,226		$	77,822
Provision for income taxes
Current:
Federal	$	17,241	$	21,728		$	15,391
State		2,270		2,967			428
Total current		19,511		24,695			15,819
Deferred (prepaid):
Federal		3,027		(200	)		(1,713	)
State		34		208			(582	)
Total deferred (prepaid)		3,061		8			(2,295	)
Total provision for income taxes	$	22,572	$	24,703		$	13,524

Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to our effective tax rate is as follows:

	December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Statutory federal rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income tax, net of federal benefit		2.8	%		3.4	%		3.2	%
Illinois state EDGE credit net of valuation allowance		(0.4	)%		(0.2	)%		(1.0	)%
Impact of sale of global data business		—			0.7	%		(15.5	)%
Americas Data assets allocation		—			—			(4.7	)%
Other		(0.2	)%		0.2	%		0.4	%
Effective income tax rate		37.2	%		39.1	%		17.4	%

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred income taxes are as follows:

	December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Deferred tax assets:
Stock option compensation	$	5,313		$	5,232
State credit carry forward		1,725			2,380
Capital loss on sale of Tinet stock		21,531			21,580
Accrued other		3,320			3,075
Total deferred tax assets		31,889			32,267
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation		(7,102	)		(3,898	)
Prepaids		(1,008	)		(732	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(8,110	)		(4,630	)
Valuation allowance		(22,720	)		(23,517	)
Net deferred income tax asset	$	1,059		$	4,120

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Uncertain Tax Positions

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of uncertain tax positions is as follows:

	2015			2014
Balance at January 1	$	75		$	40
Increases related to prior periods		42			8
Increases related to current year		27			27
Lapse of statute of limitations		(25	)		—
Balance on December 31	$	119		$	75