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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The provision (benefit) for income taxes was $3,343 and $(532) for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The provision (benefit) for income taxes was $2,187 and $(501) for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The estimated 2015 effective tax rate was 44.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to a (7.9)% estimated annual effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2014. The estimated 2015 effective tax rate was 52.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to an estimated annual effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 of (40.8)% .
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Balance, December 31, 2014
$
3,700

Additions for prior year tax positions
—

Settlements with tax authorities
—

Reductions of prior year tax positions
—

Balance, September 30, 2015
$
3,700


At both September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had approximately $3,700 of total gross unrecognized tax benefits. Of the total gross unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately $3,700 and $2,500, respectively, (net of the federal benefit on state amounts) represents the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in any future periods.