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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract] 
INCOME TAXES
(13) INCOME TAXES
     As a result of its net operating loss carryforwards, the Company has significant gross deferred income tax assets. The Company reduces its deferred income tax assets by a valuation allowance when, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that a significant portion of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The Company’s total deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2011 were $11.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively, and its deferred income tax valuation allowance was $8.8 million.
     As a result of intercompany sales that give rise to uncertain tax positions related to transfer pricing, during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded an increase to its liability for unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $104,000. These increases, if recognized, would affect the Company’s effective tax rate. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates increased the liability for unrecognized tax benefits by approximately $76,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
     The income tax expense or benefit reported for interim periods is based on our projected annual effective tax rate for the fiscal year and also includes expense or benefit recorded to the provision for uncertain tax positions in foreign jurisdictions. Our projected annual effective tax rate is sensitive to variations in the estimated and actual level of annual pre-tax income, variations in the tax jurisdictions in which the pre-tax income is recognized, and various discrete income tax expenses that may need to be recorded from time to time. As these variations occur, the Company’s projected annual effective tax rate and the resulting income tax expense or benefit recorded in interim periods can vary significantly from period to period. Income tax expense (benefit) as a percentage of income (loss) before income taxes was approximately (7.7%) and 64.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The change in the rates is primarily related to a permanent difference in the accounting treatment for book and tax purposes of a goodwill impairment charge recorded in the second quarter of 2011, which is more fully described in Note 2, and changes in the mix of income (loss) before income taxes between countries whose income taxes are offset by a full valuation allowance and those that are not. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, income tax expense as a percentage of income before income taxes was approximately 93.3% and (111.1%), respectively. The change in the rates is primarily related to changes in the mix of income (loss) before income taxes between countries whose income taxes are offset by a full valuation allowance and those that are not.