Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 4 — Income Taxes

The Company’s income tax expenses were $6.6 million and $17.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to income tax benefits of $644,000 and $47.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. The effective income tax rate was 39.1 percent and 36.4 percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, as compared to (5.1) percent and (166.6) percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. The change in the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, was due primarily to a net tax benefit of $47.7 million resulting from the reversal of $57.9 million of valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax asset in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The income tax expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 include discrete items of $85,000 and ($682,000), respectively, related mainly to the revision of the deferred tax estimate from stock options and state tax attributes. Management concluded that deferred tax assets were more likely than not to be realized, and therefore, maintaining a valuation allowance was not required as of September 30, 2013.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company was subject to examination by various federal and state tax authorities for the years ended December 31, 2004 through 2011. The Company was subjected to audits by the Internal Revenue Service for the 2009 tax year, by the California FTB for the 2008 and 2009 tax years. Management does not anticipate any material changes in our financial statements due to the results of those audits.