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TAXES ON INCOME (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Deferred taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s deferred taxes were in respect of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Carry forward tax losses |  | $ | 83.7 |  |  | $ | 81.5 |
Employee share based compensation |  |  | 29.2 |  |  |  | 27.6 |
Deferred revenues |  |  | 5.6 |  |  |  | 10.5 |
Tax credits |  |  | 23.9 |  |  |  | 23.2 |
Other |  |  | 23.5 |  |  |  | 15.9 |
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance |  |  | 165.9 |  |  |  | 158.7 |
Valuation allowance – mainly in respect to carryforward losses |  |  | (56.7 | ) |  |  | (59.2 | )
Deferred tax asset |  |  | 109.2 |  |  |  | 99.5 |
Intangible assets |  |  | (31.3 | ) |  |  | (21.0 | )
Undistributed earnings of subsidiary |  |  | (9.9 | ) |  |  | (9.9 | )
Other |  |  | (1.7 | ) |  |  | (14.2 | )
Deferred tax liability |  |  | (42.9 | ) |  |  | (45.1 | )
Deferred tax asset, net |  | $ | 66.3 |  |  | $ | 54.4 |
*) As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 unrecognized tax benefit in the amounts of $14.6 and $20.0 was presented net from deferred tax asset.
Reconciliation Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions is as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Beginning balance |  | $ | 442.8 |  |  | $ | 412.9 |
Increases related to tax positions taken during prior years |  |  | 47.2 |  |  |  | 49.4 |
Decreases related to statute of limitations |  |  | (77.2 | ) |  |  | (72.8 | )
Increases related to tax positions taken during the current year |  |  | 56.7 |  |  |  | 53.3 |
Ending balance |  | $ | *) 469.5 |  |  | $ | *)442.8 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Reconciliation |
| g. | Reconciliation of the theoretical tax expenses:
Reconciliation between the theoretical tax expenses, assuming all income is taxed at the statutory rate in Israel and the actual income tax as reported in the statements of income is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Income before taxes as reported in the statements of income |  | $ | 949.6 |  |  | $ | 970.8 |  |  | $ | 962.4 |
Statutory tax rate in Israel |  |  | 23 | % |  |  | 23 | % |  |  | 23 | %
Decrease in taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Effect of “Preferred Enterprise” status *) |  |  | (11 | %) |  |  | (11 | %) |  |  | (11 | %)
Others, net |  |  | 2 | % |  |  | 1 | % |  |  | 2 | %
Effective tax rate |  |  | 14 | % |  |  | 13 | % |  |  | 14 | %
*)   Basic earnings per share amounts of the benefit resulting from the “Technological preferred or Preferred Enterprise” status |  | $ | 0.80 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |  |  | $ | 0.66 |
*)   Diluted earnings per share amounts of the benefit resulting from the “Technological preferred or Preferred Enterprise” status |  | $ | 0.80 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |

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