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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Interest And Penalties Related To Liabilities For Income Tax Expense | For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized the following amounts as income tax-related interest expense and penalties:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  | Nine Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Interest expense |  | 1,587 |  |  | 2,030 |  |  | $ | 5,098 |  |  | $ | 6,262 |
Penalties expense (recoveries) |  | (90 | ) |  | 7 |  |  | (385 | ) |  | 167 |
Total |  | $ | 1,497 |  |  | $ | 2,037 |  |  | $ | 4,713 |  |  | $ | 6,429 |
Interest Accrued And Penalties Accrued Related To Income Tax Expense | As of March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2014, the following amounts have been accrued on account of income tax-related interest expense and penalties:
| As of March 31, 2015 |  | As of June 30, 2014
Interest expense accrued * | $ | 30,098 |  |  | $ | 26,235 |
Penalties accrued * | $ | 6,488 |  |  | $ | 7,858 |
* | These balances have been included within "Long-term income taxes payable" within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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