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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
13.    INCOME TAXES
 
At December 31, 2011, the Company had a tax valuation allowance for deferred tax assets net of deferred tax liabilities not expected to be utilized of $15.6 million.  No income tax expense or benefit was recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 because there was a full valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets.  In the second quarter of 2012, the Company reduced the valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets and recorded an income tax credit of $6.7 million as discussed below.  No additional change in net deferred tax assets was recognized in the third quarter of 2012.
 
In the second quarter of 2012, the Company determined that it was likely that the remaining net deferred tax assets would be realized based upon sustained profitability and forecasted future operating results.  As a result, the Company reversed approximately $6.7 million of the valuation allowance, with the reversal recorded as non-cash income tax credit in the second quarter of 2012 on the Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations. 

The Company expects that the balance of the valuation allowance will be utilized during the fourth quarter of 2012 consistent with the Company's expected tax position.  Beginning in the first quarter of 2013, the Company expects to record income taxes at normalized rates.