2.2.0.7 false PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES 006160 - Disclosure - PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES true false false false 1 USD false false u000 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 u001 Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 u002 Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract] 0 amn_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstract amn false na duration No definition available. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string No definition available. false 3 PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES 1 us-gaap_IncomeTaxDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOTE 16 – PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES</font></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">Income taxes decreased to $1,349,000 in the third quarter of 2010, from $3,778,000 in the same period of 2009.  Income taxes decreased to $4,008,000 in the first nine months of 2010, from $8,397,000 in the comparable period in 2009.  The effective tax rate decreased to 16.1% in the first nine months of 2010, down from 26.4% in the first nine months of 2009.  </font>The effective rate in 2010 was reduced by tax benefits recorded in the second quarter of 2010, including a $599,000 decrease in the valuation allowance for deferred assets related to delayed bonuses and restricted stock and a $361,000 decrease in current taxes payable related to the same matter.  These decreases represented corrections of amounts recorded in the fourth quarter of 2009.  <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">The effective rate in 2009 was reduced by tax benefits of $1,476,000 recorded in the second quarter of 2009, of which $1,199,000 was associated with an adjustment to a deferred tax liability related to earnings and profits from the Company’s New Zealand subsidiary and $277,000 related to a decrease in the valuation allowance related to net operating losses of the Company’s subsidiary in the Netherlands.  This $1,199,000 represented a correction of an amount recorded in prior period financial statements.  Management believes these corrections to be immaterial to prior interim and annual financial statements.  The effective tax rates for the first nine months of 2010 and 2009 were based on forecasted full-year earnings and the anticipated mix of domestic and foreign earnings and the above discrete items.  Income from certain foreign operations and joint ventures is taxed at rates that are lower than the U.S. statutory tax rates.  The effective tax rates for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the tax rates for the full fiscal years.</font></font></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">At August 29, 2010, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest, was $10,916,000.  This amount is not reduced for offsetting benefits in other tax jurisdictions and for the benefit of future tax deductions that would arise as a result of settling such liabilities as recorded.  Of this amount, $5,461,000 would reduce the Company’s income tax expense and effective tax rate, after giving effect to offsetting benefits from other tax jurisdictions and resulting future deductions.  At November 30, 2009, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest, was $9,230,000.</font></font></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">The Company anticipates that it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may significantly change within the succeeding 12 months as a result of the expiration of certain state and foreign statutes of limitations and the settlement of certain state audits.  The Company estimates that these events could reasonably result in a possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits of $2,249,000.</font></font></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">The Company accrues interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.  Accruals totaling $1,383,000 were recorded as a liability in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at August 29, 2010, compared to $1,030,000 as of November 30, 2009.</font></font></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; DISPLAY: inline">The Company’s federal income tax returns remain subject to examination for the 2007 and forward tax years.  The Company files multiple state income tax returns, including California, Hawaii, Arizona and Texas, with open statutes for all years from 2005.  The Company also files multiple foreign income tax returns and remains subject to examination in major foreign jurisdictions, including the Netherlands, Singapore and Malaysia, for all years from 2002.</font></font></div></div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br /></div> NOTE 16 – PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXESIncome taxes decreased to $1,349,000 in the third quarter of 2010, from $3,778,000 in the same period of false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Description containing the entire income tax disclosure. 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