Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Schedule of income (loss) before income taxes

Income before income taxes was as follows for the indicated periods:



	Year ended December 31,
	2014			2013		2012

United States	$	(5,488	)	$	15,290	$	25,417
Foreign	10,646			5,358		6,598
Income before income taxes	$	5,158		$	20,648	$	32,015

Schedule of income tax expense

Income tax expense was comprised of the following for the indicated periods:



	Year ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012

Current:
Federal	$	3,854		$	3,040		$	3,845
State	729			870			360
Foreign	2,865			1,884			2,176
Total current	7,448			5,794			6,381

Deferred:
Federal	(4,284		)	328			4,819
State	(822		)	1,669			1,198
Foreign	(201		)	(91		)	184
Total deferred	(5,307		)	1,906			6,201

Income tax expense	$	2,141		$	7,700		$	12,582

Reconciliation of income tax expense and rate based on the U.S. statutory rate to the Company’s income tax expense

The following table reconciles income tax expense and rate based on the U.S. statutory rate to the Company’s income tax expense for the indicated periods:



	Year ended December 31,
	2014					2013					2012
	$			%		$			%		$			%

Income tax expense based on the U.S. statutory rate	$	1,805		35.0	%	$	7,227		35.0	%	$	11,205		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	(60		)	(1.2	)	1,147			5.6		1,013			3.2
Permanent items	658			12.8		179			0.9		148			0.5
Effect of foreign operations	(809		)	(15.7	)	1,008			4.9		2			—
Net change in uncertain tax positions	—			—		(737		)	(3.6	)	(274		)	(0.9	)
Change in valuation allowance - foreign loss deferred tax assets	70			1.4		(898		)	(4.3	)	477			1.5
Federal employer tax credits	—			—		(763		)	(3.7	)	—			—
Stock-based compensation	563			10.9		241			1.1		382			1.2
Other	(86		)	(1.7	)	296			1.4		(371		)	(1.2	)
Income tax expense	$	2,141		41.5		$	7,700		37.3		$	12,582		39.3

Schedule of the tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax accounts

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax accounts were as follows for the indicated periods:



	December 31,
	2014		2013

Deferred tax assets:
Accrued compensation	$	8,232	$	8,597
Reserves and accruals	3,048		3,367
Loss and credit carryforwards	10,902		11,132
Total gross deferred tax assets	22,182		23,096
Less: valuation allowances	5,161		5,474
Net total deferred tax assets	17,021		17,622

Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment depreciation	1,515		3,127
Intangible asset amortization	2,817		6,358
Other	382		1,147
Total deferred tax liabilities	4,714		10,632

Net deferred tax assets	$	12,307	$	6,990

Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows for the indicated periods:



	Year ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012

Beginning balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits	$	85		$	588		$	1,070
Reductions for the tax positions of prior years	—			(53		)	(164		)
Reductions for settlements and payments	—			(323		)	(318		)
Reductions due to statute expiration	(2		)	(127		)	—
Ending balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits	$	83		$	85		$	588