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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes
The components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes were as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
Domestic
$
291,031

 
$
349,959

 
$
244,955

Foreign
62,726

 
(42,273
)
 
(16,280
)
Total
$
353,757

 
$
307,686

 
$
228,675

Provision for Income Taxes
The components of the provision for income taxes for continuing operations were as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Current:
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
44,695

 
$
106,316

 
$
85,830

State
301

 
11,549

 
9,783

Foreign
22,666

 
5,076

 
21,262

Total current tax provision
67,662

 
122,941

 
116,875

 
 
 
 
 
 
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(36,915
)
 
(264
)
 
(5,247
)
State
14,951

 
(923
)
 
917

Foreign
(10,166
)
 
(14,508
)
 
(15,073
)
Total deferred tax benefit
(32,130
)
 
(15,695
)
 
(19,403
)
Total provision for income taxes from continuing operations
$
35,532

 
$
107,246

 
$
97,472

Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
The actual income tax provision differed from the income tax provision computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory corporate rate to income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes as follows (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Provision at the statutory rate
$
123,815

 
$
107,690

 
$
80,036

Increases (decreases) resulting from —
 
 
 
 
 
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(70,129
)
 

 

State taxes
17,920

 
6,479

 
7,241

Foreign taxes
(16,958
)
 
1,860

 
1,239

Contingency reserves, net
3,651

 
(13,540
)
 
4,438

Production activity deduction
(1,504
)
 
(8,586
)
 
(6,871
)
Employee per diems, meals and entertainment
13,605

 
8,764

 
8,727

Taxes on unincorporated joint ventures
(1,354
)
 
(656
)
 
(3,838
)
Asset impairments

 
1,909

 
7,047

Entity restructuring and recapitalization efforts
(26,668
)
 

 

Equity compensation
(5,095
)
 

 

Other
(1,751
)
 
3,326

 
(547
)
Total provision for income taxes from continuing operations
$
35,532

 
$
107,246

 
$
97,472

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities and Net Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of these temporary differences, representing deferred tax assets and liabilities, result principally from the following (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
Deferred income tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property and equipment
$
(161,491
)
 
$
(214,902
)
Goodwill
(49,407
)
 
(83,097
)
Other intangibles
(26,676
)
 
(33,566
)
Customer holdbacks
(36,218
)
 
(16,424
)
Other book/tax accounting method differences
(15,154
)
 
(24,817
)
Total deferred income tax liabilities
(288,946
)
 
(372,806
)
 
 
 
 
Deferred income tax assets:
 

 
 

Accruals and reserves
21,419

 
21,681

Accrued insurance

 
79,630

Stock and incentive compensation and pension withdrawal liabilities
17,676

 
58,744

Net operating loss carryforwards
62,925

 
37,362

Tax credits
48,516

 
1,613

Other
4,747

 
5,933

Subtotal
155,283

 
204,963

Valuation allowance
(19,328
)
 
(14,991
)
Total deferred income tax assets
135,955

 
189,972

Total net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(152,991
)
 
$
(182,834
)

The net deferred income tax assets and liabilities were comprised of the following in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
Deferred income taxes:
 

 
 

Assets
$
26,390

 
$
10,000

Liabilities
(179,381
)
 
(192,834
)
Total net deferred income tax liabilities
$
(152,991
)
 
$
(182,834
)
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefit
A reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefit balances is as follows (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2015
Balance at beginning of year
$
35,240

 
$
54,541

 
$
50,668

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year
7,040

 
4,227

 
5,340

Additions for tax positions of prior years
3,372

 
2,048

 
292

Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(1,171
)
 
(1,948
)
 
(132
)
Reductions for audit settlements

 
(180
)
 
(1,345
)
Reductions resulting from a lapse of the applicable statute
of limitations periods
(8,252
)
 
(23,448
)
 
(282
)
Balance at end of year
$
36,229

 
$
35,240

 
$
54,541

Balances of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The balances of unrecognized tax benefits, the amount of related interest and penalties and what Quanta believes to be the range of reasonably possible changes in the next 12 months are as follows (in thousands):
 
December 31,
 
2017

2016

2015
Unrecognized tax benefits
$
36,229


$
35,240


$
54,541

Portion that, if recognized, would reduce tax expense and
effective tax rate
35,561


33,128


48,312

Accrued interest on unrecognized tax benefits
5,368


5,539


8,750

Accrued penalties on unrecognized tax benefits
631


650


673

Reasonably possible reduction to the balance of unrecognized
tax benefits in succeeding 12 months
$0 to $13,655


$0 to $12,332


$0 to $27,485

Portion that, if recognized, would reduce tax expense and
effective tax rate
$0 to $12,483


$0 to $10,983


$0 to $24,009