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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign
Income before provision for income taxes consisted of (in thousands):
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Domestic
 
$
710,931

 
$
729,390

 
$
659,996

Foreign
 
101,019

 
93,391

 
63,435

Total
 
$
811,950

 
$
822,781

 
$
723,431

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in thousands): 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period
$
13,271

 
$
18,274

 
$
16,897

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year

 
1,520

 
2,002

Additions for tax positions of prior years
55

 

 
839

Reductions for tax positions of prior years
(211
)
 
(810
)
 
(183
)
Lapse in statute of limitations
(847
)
 
(5,188
)
 
(1,281
)
Settlements

 
(525
)
 

Unrecognized tax benefits, end of the period
$
12,268

 
$
13,271

 
$
18,274

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
The components of the provision for income taxes consist of the following for the years ended December 31 (in thousands): 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Tax provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
222,685

 
$
259,793

 
$
224,468

State
31,786

 
37,129

 
32,110

Foreign
29,086

 
33,255

 
20,259

 
283,557

 
330,177

 
276,837

Deferred provision (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
13,936

 
(14,559
)
 
(5,302
)
State
1,986

 
(2,074
)
 
(755
)
Foreign
(913
)
 
(462
)
 
2,940

 
15,009

 
(17,095
)
 
(3,117
)
Total provision
$
298,566

 
$
313,082

 
$
273,720

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes using the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31 is as follows:  
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Federal statutory rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit
2.7

 
2.8

 
2.8

Other
(0.9
)
 
0.3

 

 
36.8
 %
 
38.1
%
 
37.8
%
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following at December 31 (in thousands): 
 
2016
 
2015
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Compensation
$
80,338

 
$
91,729

Receivables
13,471

 
16,243

Other
11,433

 
9,242

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Intangible assets
(131,698
)
 
(133,375
)
Prepaid assets
(14,540
)
 
(13,418
)
Long-lived assets
(21,268
)
 
(18,666
)
Other
(608
)
 
(427
)
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets
$
(62,872
)
 
$
(48,672
)