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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Components Of Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations [Abstract] |
Provision For Income Taxes/(Benefit) | The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Current taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 7,927 |  |  | $ | 43,962 |  |  | $ | 100,262 |
State |  |  | 5,818 |  |  |  | 9,672 |  |  |  | 21,835 |
Foreign |  |  | 1,255 |  |  |  | 1,329 |  |  |  | (1,831 | )
|  |  | 15,000 |  |  |  | 54,963 |  |  |  | 120,266 |
Deferred taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 39,127 |  |  |  | (9,396 | ) |  |  | (275 | )
State |  |  | 6,261 |  |  |  | 3,056 |  |  |  | (8,064 | )
Foreign |  |  | 674 |  |  |  | 608 |  |  |  | (263 | )
|  |  | 46,062 |  |  |  | (5,732 | ) |  |  | (8,602 | )
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 61,062 |  |  | $ | 49,231 |  |  | $ | 111,664 |
Reconciliation Of The Statutory Federal Income Tax With The Company's Effective Tax Rate | Reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate with our company’s effective income tax rate is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Statutory rate |  | $ | 49,904 |  |  | $ | 49,548 |  |  | $ | 101,778 |
State income taxes, net of federal income tax |  |  | 7,688 |  |  |  | 7,908 |  |  |  | 14,860 |
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | (229 | ) |  |  | 535 |  |  |  | (2,433 | )
Provision to return |  |  | (204 | ) |  |  | 904 |  |  |  | (2,956 | )
Investment in subsidiary |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4,800 | ) |  |  | — |
Change in uncertain tax position |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | (3,903 | ) |  |  | 276 |
Non-deductible litigation expense |  |  | 7,700 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Foreign tax rate difference |  |  | (1,810 | ) |  |  | (106 | ) |  |  | 90 |
Other, net |  |  | (2,028 | ) |  |  | (855 | ) |  |  | 49 |
|  | $ | 61,062 |  |  | $ | 49,231 |  |  | $ | 111,664 |
Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities | Tax effect of temporary differences and carryforwards that comprise significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation |  | $ | 181,575 |  |  | $ | 173,759 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 40,266 |  |  |  | 48,831 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | 35,443 |  |  |  | 65,451 |
Unrealized loss on investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 27,769 |
Depreciation |  |  | 12,550 |  |  |  | 10,055 |
Receivable reserves |  |  | 22,870 |  |  |  | 16,343 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 292,704 |  |  |  | 342,208 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (8,768 | ) |  |  | (12,738 | )
|  |  | 283,936 |  |  |  | 329,470 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill and other intangibles |  |  | (49,481 | ) |  |  | (33,437 | )
Change in accounting method |  |  | — |  |  |  | (625 | )
Prepaid expenses |  |  | (4,557 | ) |  |  | (4,211 | )
Unrealized gain on investments |  |  | (1,459 | ) |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | (2,986 | ) |  |  | (6,070 | )
|  |  | (58,483 | ) |  |  | (44,343 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  | $ | 225,453 |  |  | $ | 285,127 |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The following table summarizes the activity related to our company’s unrecognized tax benefits from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 2,717 |  |  | $ | 5,510 |  |  | $ | 5,158 |
Increase related to prior year tax positions |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 1,206 |  |  |  | 627 |
Decrease related to prior year tax positions |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | (33 | ) |  |  | (443 | )
Increase related to current year tax positions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 294 |
Decrease related to settlements with taxing authorities |  |  | (42 | ) |  |  | (4,815 | ) |  |  | (126 | )
Decrease related to lapsing of statute of limitations |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Increase/(decrease) related to business acquisitions |  |  | (849 | ) |  |  | 849 |  |  |  | — |
Ending balance |  | $ | 1,800 |  |  | $ | 2,717 |  |  | $ | 5,510 |

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