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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 12—INCOME TAXES
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $0.2 million and $37.3 million, respectively. The income tax benefit results primarily from a reduction in the valuation allowance recorded against the Company's net deferred tax assets of $37.5 million recorded during the second quarter of 2012, due to deferred tax liabilities recognized for the difference between the fair value and carrying basis of certain tangible and intangible assets obtained as part of the Acquisition, which can be used as a source of income to support realization of certain domestic deferred tax assets.
Deferred tax liabilities recognized for the difference between the fair value and carrying basis of certain tangible and intangible assets obtained as part of the Acquisition can be used as a source of income when utilizing certain domestic deferred tax assets. The aforementioned purchase accounting adjustments that reduced certain tangible and intangible assets and reduced the related deferred tax liabilities discussed in Note 2. "Acquisition" resulted in an increase in the valuation allowance recorded against the Company's consolidated net deferred tax assets. Under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805-740, changes in an acquirer's valuation allowances that stem from a business combination should be recognized as an element of the acquirer's deferred income tax expense (benefit) in the reporting period that includes the business combination. As a result of the retrospective purchase accounting and related income tax valuation adjustments from the Acquisition, the Company recast its income tax benefit for the second quarter of 2012, lowering it by $7.2 million from net $44.3 million with a corresponding increase in valuation allowance.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, this income tax benefit was partially offset by an income tax provision of $0.2 million, respectively, which primarily consists of a provision for foreign taxes.
Due to the Company's history of cumulative operating losses, management concluded that, after considering all the available objective evidence, it is not more likely than not that all the Company's net deferred tax assets will be realized. Accordingly, all of the U.S. net deferred tax assets continue to be subject to a valuation allowance as of September 30, 2012.
As of September 30, 2012, excluding acquired unrecognized tax benefits of $2.1 million as a result of the Acquisition, there have been no material changes to the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as compared to December 31, 2011.