Income Tax (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule Of Income Tax Reconciliation Items



		Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2012		2011		2012		2011
Expected tax provision (benefit)	$	56	$	(1)	$	714	$	635
Increase (reduction) in tax expense resulting from:
Change in valuation allowance, other		(757)		(881)		(920)		(15,721)
Foreign income tax provision		36		59		121		354
Foreign withholding tax provision		227		112		867		326
Tax effect of foreign tax rates on current income		--		(1)		(90)		(148)
State and local tax provision		98		180		369		414
Federal tax litigation settlement		240		494		723		963
Actual tax provision (benefit)	$	(100)	$	(38)	$	1,784	$	(13,177)

Summary Of The Activity Related To Unrecognized Tax Benefits



		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012		Year Ended December 31, 2011		Year Ended December 31, 2010
Unrecognized tax benefits – gross beginning balance	$	1,974	$	8,058	$	11,412
Gross increases – prior period tax provisions		112		--		--
Gross increases – current period tax positions		--		151		405
Settlements		--		(6,235)		(3,189)
Statute of limitations lapse		--		--		(570)
Unrecognized tax benefits – gross ending balance	$	2,086	$	1,974	$	8,058

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unrecognized tax benefits for which a material change is reasonably possible in the next twelve months, typically including the nature of the uncertainty, the event(s) that could cause a material change, and an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made. An unrecognized tax benefit is the difference between a tax position taken in a tax return and the amounts recognized in the financial statements for which it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits of the position, that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination.

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