Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

NOTE 5 — INCOME TAXES

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was 42% and 39%, respectively.

Certain tax authorities may periodically audit the Company, and the Company may occasionally be assessed interest and penalties by tax jurisdictions. The Company recognizes accrued interest in its tax provision related to unrecognized income tax benefits, while penalties are accrued in selling, general and administrative expenses. As of March 31, 2012, the Company had accrued $0.3 million of interest expense related to unrecognized income tax benefits and had gross unrecognized tax benefits of $2.4 million. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was $1.6 million.