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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | Components of income tax expense/(benefit) are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 268,974 |  |  | $ | 225,663 |  |  | $ | 195,862 |
Foreign |  |  | 13,978 |  |  |  | 9,284 |  |  |  | 13,699 |
State |  |  | 43,333 |  |  |  | 40,152 |  |  |  | 37,555 |
|  |  | 326,285 |  |  |  | 275,099 |  |  |  | 247,116 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | (20,382 | ) |  |  | (27,073 | ) |  |  | (6,216 | )
Foreign |  |  | (2,496 | ) |  |  | 1,874 |  |  |  | (666 | )
State |  |  | (4,114 | ) |  |  | (11,106 | ) |  |  | (3,592 | )
|  |  | (26,992 | ) |  |  | (36,305 | ) |  |  | (10,474 | )
Total |  | $ | 299,293 |  |  | $ | 238,794 |  |  | $ | 236,642 |
Reconciliation Between Federal Statutory Rate and Effective Tax Rate | A reconciliation between the federal statutory rate and the effective tax rate is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Federal statutory rate |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 21.0 | %
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit |  |  | 2.5 | % |  |  | 2.2 | % |  |  | 2.6 | %
Tax effects of foreign operations |  |  | -0.3 | % |  |  | -0.3 | % |  |  | -0.5 | %
Tax benefit from settlement of employee equity awards |  |  | 0.5 | % |  |  | -1.0 | % |  |  | -0.1 | %
Enactment of the TCJA-17 |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | -0.6 | %
Other items |  |  | 0.4 | % |  |  | 0.8 | % |  |  | 0.9 | %
Impact of income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | -0.2 | % |  |  | -0.3 | % |  |  | -0.4 | %
Effective tax rate |  |  | 23.9 | % |  |  | 22.4 | % |  |  | 22.9 | %
Components of Deferred Taxes | The components of deferred taxes are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  |  | 2019 |
|  | Assets |  |  |  | Liabilities |  |  |  | Assets |  |  |  | Liabilities |
Self-insurance reserves | $ |  | 75,648 |  |  | $ |  |  |  |  | $ |  | 69,217 |  |  | $ |  |  |
Compensation accruals |  |  | 71,054 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70,680 |  |  |  |  |  |
Doubtful accounts and other reserves |  |  | 94,295 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 77,665 |  |  |  |  |  |
Other currently non-deductible accrued liabilities |  |  | 61,634 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36,500 |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciable and amortizable assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 296,588 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 275,901 |
Operating lease liabilities |  |  | 89,865 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76,164 |  |  |  |  |  |
Right of use assets-operating leases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 89,493 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76,164 |
State and foreign net operating loss carryforwards and other state and foreign deferred tax assets |  |  | 81,036 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 87,662 |  |  |  |  |  |
Net pension liabilities – OCI only |  |  | 1,356 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,427 |  |  |  |  |  |
Other liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,697 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,855 |
| $ |  | 474,888 |  |  | $ |  | 389,778 |  |  | $ |  | 420,315 |  |  | $ |  | 353,920 |
Valuation Allowance |  |  | (68,003 | ) |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | (75,277 | ) |  |  |  | 0 |
Total deferred income taxes | $ |  | 406,885 |  |  | $ |  | 389,778 |  |  | $ |  | 345,038 |  |  | $ |  | 353,920 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The tabular reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Balance at January 1, |  | $ | 2,164 |  |  | $ | 1,553 |  |  | $ | 1,096 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 500 |  |  |  | 500 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 142 |  |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 62 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |
Settlements |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (105 | )
Balance at December 31, |  | $ | 2,806 |  |  | $ | 2,164 |  |  | $ | 1,553 |

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