Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Domestic and foreign income taxes
The components of income before income taxes are as follows: 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Domestic
$
7,704,867

 
$
29,400,084

 
$
43,255,574

Foreign
(4,945,999
)
 
(4,793,198
)
 
924,531

Income before provision for income taxes
$
2,758,868

 
$
24,606,886

 
$
44,180,105

Income tax provision
The components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows: 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Current:
 

 
 

 
 

   Federal
$
10,113,618

 
$
9,135,447

 
$
(10,073,322
)
   State
3,499,649

 
732,514

 
(273,221
)
   Foreign
370,837

 
177,713

 
(277,157
)
 
13,984,104

 
10,045,674

 
(10,623,700
)
Deferred:
 

 
 

 
 

   Federal
(10,315,323
)
 
(2,586,080
)
 
18,724,198

   State
(2,098,983
)
 
85,387

 
1,826,239

   Foreign
(1,225,117
)
 
(1,298,228
)
 
840,435

 
(13,639,423
)
 
(3,798,921
)
 
21,390,872

 
$
344,681

 
$
6,246,753

 
$
10,767,172

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities
Deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Deferred tax assets:
 

 
 

Compensation accruals
$
3,121,734

 
$
2,151,789

Reserves
3,110,186

 
2,603,512

Other accruals
2,343,662

 
1,302,684

Net operating losses
345,350

 
267,996

Interest rate swaps
1,073,383

 
3,125,847

Energy efficiency
9,524,077

 
1,225,197

Deferred revenue
1,623,608

 
1,336,827

Gross deferred income tax assets
21,142,000

 
12,013,852

Valuation allowance
(1,952,761
)
 
(2,827,444
)
Total deferred income tax assets
$
19,189,239

 
$
9,186,408

Deferred tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Depreciation
$
(23,504,155
)
 
$
(26,839,863
)
Contract refinancing
(709,773
)
 
(725,328
)
Canada
(443,666
)
 
(949,850
)
United Kingdom
(765,090
)
 

Acquisition accounting
(242,326
)
 
(368,878
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(25,665,010
)
 
(28,883,919
)
Deferred income tax liabilities, net
$
(6,475,771
)
 
$
(19,697,511
)
Reconciliation of effective tax rates
The following is a reconciliation of the effective tax rates:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Income before income tax
$
2,758,868

 
$
24,606,886

 
$
44,180,105

Federal statutory tax expense
$
965,604

 
$
8,612,410

 
$
15,463,037

State income taxes, net of federal benefit
200,981

 
817,901

 
1,553,018

Net state impact of deferred rate change
(69,342
)
 

 
(259,339
)
Non deductible expenses
2,007,657

 
2,611,576

 
115,629

Stock-based compensation expense
373,398

 
336,564

 
240,557

Energy efficiency preferences
(3,556,074
)
 
(7,032,798
)
 
(6,247,283
)
Foreign items and rate differential
348,891

 
557,104

 
239,692

Miscellaneous
73,566

 
343,996

 
(338,139
)
 
$
344,681

 
$
6,246,753

 
$
10,767,172

Effective tax rate:
 
 
 

 
 

Federal statutory rate expense
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
7.3
 %
 
3.3
 %
 
3.5
 %
Net state impact of deferred rate change
(2.5
)%
 
 %
 
(0.6
)%
Non deductible expenses
72.8
 %
 
10.6
 %
 
0.3
 %
Stock-based compensation expense
13.5
 %
 
1.4
 %
 
0.5
 %
Energy efficiency preferences
(128.9
)%
 
(28.6
)%
 
(14.1
)%
Foreign items and rate differential
12.6
 %
 
2.3
 %
 
0.5
 %
Miscellaneous
2.7
 %
 
1.4
 %
 
(0.7
)%
 
12.5
 %
 
25.4
 %
 
24.4
 %
Unrecognized tax benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Balance, beginning of year
$
4,900,000

 
$
1,400,000

Additions for prior year tax positions
4,300,000

 
3,500,000

Settlements paid to tax authorities

 

Reductions of prior year tax positions

 

Balance, end of year
$
9,200,000

 
$
4,900,000