Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

The components of income before income taxes and income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are as follows (in thousands):



	Years ended December 31,
	2014			2013			2012
Income before income taxes:
Domestic	$	38,359		$	31,738		$	27,827
Foreign	4,464			6,750			7,975
Total income before income taxes	$	42,823		$	38,488		$	35,802

Income tax expense (benefit):
Current:
Federal	$	11,799		$	10,348		$	7,846
State and local	2,600			2,130			1,653
Foreign	1,439			2,539			2,899
Total current	15,838			15,017			12,398
Deferred:
Federal	(9		)	226			856
State and local	(23		)	159			236
Foreign	(81		)	(670		)	(376		)
Total deferred	(113		)	(285		)	716
Total income tax expense	$	15,725		$	14,732		$	13,114

Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before income taxes. The sources and tax effects of the differences are as follows:



	December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Federal income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State and local taxes net of federal benefit	4.3		3.9		3.4
Domestic production deduction	(3.7	)	—		—
Foreign tax rate differential	(0.2	)	(1.4	)	(0.1	)
Permanent differences	2.0		1.5		1.9
Reduction of uncertain tax position liabilities	—		—		(4.5	)
Other	(0.7	)	(0.7	)	0.9
Effective tax rate	36.7	%	38.3	%	36.6	%

Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest, is as follows (in thousands):



	Years ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of the year	$	—	$	—	$	1,418
Additions related to current year tax positions	—		—		—
Additions related to prior year tax positions	—		—		—
Settlements	—		—		—
Reductions due to lapse of statute of limitations	—		—		(1,418		)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of the year	$	—	$	—	$	—

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Significant components of the our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	704		$	508
Accrued liabilities and other	1,882			1,787
Stock-based compensation expense	391			629
Net federal, state and foreign operating loss carryforwards	1,375			922
Deferred tax assets	4,352			3,846
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets	(1,247		)	(584		)
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets, property and equipment, principally due to difference in depreciation and amortization	7,939			7,677
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(4,834	)	$	(4,415	)