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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

The geographical sources of income before income taxes were as follows (in thousands):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
United States		$	(122,766	)		$	47,636			$	60,388
Outside United States			139,395				116,191				103,786
Total		$	16,629			$	163,827			$	164,174

Components of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
Current:
Federal		$	5,752			$	9,556			$	17,744
State			3,442				808				1,324
Foreign			19,346				11,638				14,258
Total current			28,540				22,002				33,326
Deferred:
Federal			(37,772)				7,118				8,656
State			(5,657)				289				375
Foreign			(911)				193				(80)
Total deferred			(44,340)				7,600				8,951
Total		$	(15,800)			$	29,602			$	42,277

Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes

U.S. statutory Federal income tax rate of 35% to income before income taxes. A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes is below (in thousands):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
Provision computed at statutory rate		$	5,820			$	57,339			$	57,461
State income tax, net of Federal tax benefit			(844)				1,191				1,353
Asset impairment charge			0				0				3,190
Acquisition related items			6,499				0				322
Tax credits			(3,263)				(970)				0
Foreign rate differential			(32,970)				(26,798)				(21,598)
Change in valuation allowance			2,987				0				0
Section 162(m) limitation			740				111				0
Change in contingent income tax reserves			3,105				0				0
Other			2,126				(1,271)				1,549
Provision for income taxes		$	(15,800)			$	29,602			$	42,277

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

		As of December 31,
		2014				2013
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred rent		$	752			$	409
Accrued vacation			5,318				2,153
Accrued bonus			11,642				2,916
Deferred compensation			2,208				1,816
Inventory items			1,493				6,061
Allowance for doubtful accounts and other receivables			5,361				118
Other accruals			50,491				5,680
Deferred revenue			78,351				5,469
Equity based compensation expense			14,189				12,337
Unrealized gain on securities			4,621				558
Unrealized loss on other investments			4,075				410
Net operating loss carry-forwards			27,016				597
Tax credits			62,040				0
Valuation allowance			(56,712)				(267)
Total deferred tax assets			210,845				38,257
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unrealized loss on other investments			(1,332)				(1,450)
Depreciation and amortization			(283,847)				(42,489)
Undistributed Earnings			(2,747)				0
Total deferred tax liabilities			(287,926)				(43,939)
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	(77,081)			$	(5,682)

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

Balance at January 1, 2014		$	4,000
Additions for tax positions related to the current year			700
Additions for tax positions related to prior years			2,400
Additions related to 2014 acquisition			11,800
Reductions for tax positions of prior years			0
Balance at December 31, 2014		$	18,900

Summary of Open Tax Years by Major Jurisdiction Outside of the United States

Below is a summary of open tax years by major jurisdiction outside of the United States.

China		2002 - 2014
France		2010 - 2014
Germany		2008 - 2014
India		1997 - 2014
Japan		2011 - 2014
United Kingdom		2008 - 2014

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