Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

INCOME TAXES

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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
9.
INCOME TAXES
 
We had a provision for income taxes in the first quarter of 2015 despite incurring a pre-tax loss. This was due to the effects of the valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets and the recording of a deferred tax expense on the tax amortization of indefinite-lived intangible assets. Our effective income tax rate for continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was -14.9%, or an expense of $0.2 million, as compared to an effective tax rate of 32.7%, or a benefit of $0.5 million, for the corresponding prior-year period. In the prior-year period, we recorded a benefit against a pre-tax loss. Subsequently, in the fourth quarter of 2014, we created a valuation reserve against our deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty that such benefits would be realized. We continued the practice of recording a valuation reserve against our deferred tax assets during the first quarter of 2015.