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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company's effective tax rate is based on expected income, statutory rates and tax planning opportunities available to it. For interim financial reporting, the Company estimates its annual tax rate based on projected taxable income (or loss) for the full year and records a quarterly tax provision in accordance with the anticipated annual rate. The effective rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 23.7% and 38.8% in each period, respectively. The rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 differed from the Company’s statutory rate of 35% primarily due to the recognition of a valuation allowance on certain state NOLs, as described below, as well as state taxes and the non-deductibility of certain permanent items, such as incentive stock compensation expense. Excluding the effect of the valuation allowance, the effective tax rate was 34.4%. The 2014 effective tax rate differed from the Company's statutory rate of 35% primarily due to state income taxes and the non-deductibility of certain permanent items, such as incentive stock compensation expense, offset by a benefit related to the domestic production gross receipts deduction.

The Company assessed the realizability of its deferred tax assets at September 30, 2015, and considered whether it was more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The realization of deferred tax assets depends upon the generation of future taxable income, which includes the reversal of deferred tax liabilities related to depreciation, during the periods in which these temporary differences become deductible.

The Company has a tax effected net operating loss carryforward ("NOL") of approximately $2.7 million for state income tax reporting purposes due to the losses sustained in various states. The Company believes it will be able to partially utilize these NOLs against future income primarily with reversing of temporary differences attributable to depreciation, due to expiration dates well into the future. However, the Company has determined that a portion of the NOLs specifically related to Florida will more likely than not be unable to be fully utilized. Therefore, a valuation allowance of $1.3 million was established for this portion of the NOL. For federal tax reporting purposes, the Company has utilized its ability to carry losses back to 2009 and 2010 and forward to 2014, and anticipates utilizing its ability to carry forward any remaining amounts to future years.
  
The Company does not believe that its tax positions will significantly change due to any settlement and/or expiration of statutes of limitations prior to September 30, 2016.