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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Taxes

Note 18 – Income Taxes

The Company’s Provision for Income Taxes was $7,187 and $12,322 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $11,144 and $21,644 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. The effective tax rate was 49% and 46% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and 82% and 58% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. The effective tax rate for 2012 and 2011 reflects the effect of certain nondeductible expenses, including the vesting of LP Units, as well as the noncontrolling interest associated with LP Units. In addition, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, was impacted by the reduction of the valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of the Company by $280 based on the Company’s evaluation of the realizability in future years of its deferred tax assets associated with one of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries.

 

The Company reported a net decrease in deferred tax assets of $1,490 associated with changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $1,085 of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate. The Company does not anticipate a significant change in unrecognized tax positions as a result of the settlement of income tax audits for examining the Company’s income tax returns during the upcoming year.

The Company classifies interest relating to tax matters and tax penalties as a component of income tax expense in its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Related to the unrecognized tax benefits, the Company accrued interest and penalties of $22 and $1, respectively, during the three months ended September 30, 2012, and $65 and $4, respectively, during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and had recognized a liability for penalties of $259 and interest of $395 at September 30, 2012.