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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Before Income Taxes

U.S. and international components of income before income taxes (in thousands) were comprised of the following for the periods indicated:

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016				2015
U.S.		$	19,166			$	51,145			$	68,555
Foreign			53,441				61,901				69,309
Total		$	72,607			$	113,046			$	137,864

Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes (in thousands) consisted of the following for the periods indicated:

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016				2015
Current:
Federal		$	48,794			$	18,453			$	11,748
State			4,077				3,681				2,997
Foreign			4,074				4,941				7,565
		$	56,945			$	27,075			$	22,310
Deferred:
Federal		$	88			$	(4,742	)		$	9,215
State			(1,342	)			(890	)			693
Foreign			(727	)			695				(285	)
		$	(1,981	)		$	(4,937	)		$	9,623
Total provision		$	54,964			$	22,138			$	31,933

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s income before income taxes as follows for the periods indicated:

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016				2015
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate			35.0	%			35.0	%			35.0	%
State taxes, net of federal tax effect			2.5	%			1.6	%			1.7	%
Foreign earnings taxed at different rates			(24.2	)%			(15.5	)%			(14.0	)%
Withholding tax			1.9	%			1.4	%			1.1	%
Foreign tax credit			(1.1	)%			(1.0	)%			(0.3	)%
Other international components			0.0	%			(0.1	)%			0.8	%
Change in valuation allowance			0.2	%			(0.8	)%			(0.1	)%
Deferred tax adjustments and rate changes			5.2	%			0.1	%			(0.1	)%
Deemed repatriation transition tax			55.5	%			0.0	%			0.0	%
Subpart F income			1.5	%			0.6	%			0.5	%
Research and development tax credit			(1.1	)%			(0.8	)%			(0.6	)%
Section 199 Deduction			(1.4	)%			(1.8	)%			(1.5	)%
Other permanent differences			1.7	%			0.9	%			0.7	%
Total			75.7	%			19.6	%			23.2	%

Schedule of Effective Tax Rate for Income Before Income Taxes

The Company’s U.S. and foreign effective tax rates for income before income taxes were as follows for the periods indicated:

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016				2015
U.S.			269.3	%			32.3	%			36.0	%
Foreign			6.3	%			9.1	%			10.5	%
Combined			75.7	%			19.6	%			23.2	%

Schedule of Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands) were as follows for the periods indicated:

		December 31,
		2017				2016
Deferred tax assets, net:
Net operating loss carryforwards		$	761			$	214
Tax credits			1,520				1,372
Intangible assets			10				11
Deferred revenue adjustment			3,351				3,305
Accrued compensation			2,863				7,866
Share-based compensation expense			11,597				11,440
Deferred rent			0				1,281
Other			2,457				2,002
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance			22,559				27,491
Valuation allowance			(1,015	)			(832	)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance			21,544				26,659
Deferred tax liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other			684				1,098
Property and equipment			6,778				10,821
Capitalized software development costs			695				3,330
Total deferred tax liabilities			8,157				15,249
Total net deferred tax asset		$	13,387			$	11,410
Reported as:
Non-current deferred tax assets, net			13,391				11,704
Non-current deferred tax liabilities			(4	)			(294	)
Total net deferred tax asset		$	13,387			$	11,410

Schedule of Change In Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The change in unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands) is presented in the table below:

Unrecognized tax benefits at January 1, 2017		$	3,121
Increase related to positions taken in prior period			771
Increase related to positions taken in current period			294
Decrease related to expiration of statute of limitations			(741	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2017			3,445
Accrued interest			569
Unrecognized tax benefits recorded in other long-term liabilities at December 31, 2017		$	4,014

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