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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Tax Expense (benefit) | Income tax expense (benefit) consisted of the following:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 188,302 |  |  | $ | 334,258 |  |  | $ | 239,232 |
State |  |  | 30,789 |  |  |  | 68,715 |  |  |  | 49,178 |
International |  |  | 1,687 |  |  |  | 1,764 |  |  |  | 660 |
Total current income tax |  | $ | 220,778 |  |  | $ | 404,737 |  |  | $ | 289,070 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 192,267 |  |  |  | (6,695 | ) |  |  | 64,195 |
State |  |  | 32,360 |  |  |  | (8,941 | ) |  |  | 6,498 |
International |  |  | 938 |  |  |  | 746 |  |  |  | — |
Total deferred income tax |  | $ | 225,565 |  |  | $ | (14,890 | ) |  | $ | 70,693 |
|  | $ | 446,343 |  |  | $ | 389,847 |  |  | $ | 359,763 |
Allocation of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The allocation of income tax expense (benefit) was as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Continuing operations |  | $ | 446,343 |  |  | $ | 381,013 |  |  | $ | 359,845 |
Discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (84 | ) |  |  | (82 | )
Gain on discontinued operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,918 |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 446,343 |  |  | $ | 389,847 |  |  | $ | 359,763 |
Reconciliation between our Effective Tax Rate from Continuing Operations and the U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate | The reconciliation between the Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations and the U.S. federal income tax rate is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Federal income tax rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | 4.0 |
International rate differential |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | — |
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowances |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | — |
Contingent earn-out adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2.6 | ) |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Impact of noncontrolling interests primarily attributable to non-tax paying entities |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  |  | (4.1 | ) |  |  | (4.2 | )
Effective tax rate |  |  | 34.1 | % |  |  | 33.9 | % |  |  | 35.9 | %
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Arising from Temporary Differences | Deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from temporary differences associated with continuing operations were as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Receivables |  | $ | 42,973 |  |  | $ | 49,667 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 253,158 |  |  |  | 252,008 |
Loss contingency reserve |  |  | 1,423 |  |  |  | 139,844 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 100,768 |  |  |  | 96,212 |
Other |  |  | 88,435 |  |  |  | 67,882 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  | 486,757 |  |  |  | 605,613 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (26,667 | ) |  |  | (13,860 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  |  | 460,090 |  |  |  | 591,753 |
Intangible assets |  |  | (835,816 | ) |  |  | (752,838 | )
Property and equipment |  |  | (187,054 | ) |  |  | (183,059 | )
Investments in partnerships |  |  | (78,618 | ) |  |  | (51,921 | )
Other |  |  | (8,677 | ) |  |  | (6,913 | )
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (1,110,165 | ) |  |  | (994,731 | )
Net deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (650,075 | ) |  | $ | (402,978 | )
Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Liability for Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Do Not Meet the More-Likely-than-not Threshold | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for unrecognized tax benefits that do not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold were as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  |  |  | 2013 |
Balance beginning |  | $ | 60,538 |  |  | $ | 67,546 |
Additions for tax positions related to current year |  |  | 914 |  |  |  | 6,005 |
Reductions for tax positions related to prior years |  |  | (27,312 | ) |  |  | (3,901 | )
Reductions related to lapse of applicable statute |  |  | (2,077 | ) |  |  | (8,480 | )
Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities |  |  | (186 | ) |  |  | (632 | )
Balance ending |  | $ | 31,877 |  |  | $ | 60,538 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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