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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Earnings from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes | The components of earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and the provision for (benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations were as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (In thousands)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | (44,668 | ) |  | $ | 371,925 |  |  | $ | 273,033 |
Foreign |  | 2,397 |  |  | 17,544 |  |  | 23,403 |
Total |  | $ | (42,271 | ) |  | $ | 389,469 |  |  | $ | 296,436 |
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal (1) |  | $ | (1,065 | ) |  | $ | (23,333 | ) |  | $ | 6,752 |
State |  | 9,187 |  |  | 6,862 |  |  | 9,360 |
Foreign |  | 5,210 |  |  | 10,123 |  |  | 6,442 |
|  | 13,332 |  |  | (6,348 | ) |  | 22,554 |
Deferred tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | (8,228 | ) |  | 113,764 |  |  | (455,021 | )
State |  | (18,790 | ) |  | 1,250 |  |  | 7,008 |
Foreign |  | (5,313 | ) |  | (6,119 | ) |  | 1,794 |
|  | (32,331 | ) |  | 108,895 |  |  | (446,219 | )
Total |  | $ | (18,999 | ) |  | $ | 102,547 |  |  | $ | (423,665 | )
_______________ (1) The current federal tax benefit in 2018 includes the anticipated $22 million alternative minimum tax refunds generated by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Tax Rate with Effective Tax Rate from Continuing Operations | A reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate with the effective tax rate from continuing operations follows:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (Percentage of pre-tax earnings)
Federal statutory tax rate |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Impact of one-time deemed repatriation |  | — | % |  | 6.2 | % |  | 11.3 | %
Impact on deferred taxes for changes in tax rates |  | 20.5 | % |  | (3.3 | )% |  | (188.5 | )%
Additional deferred tax adjustments |  | — | % |  | (1.5 | )% |  | — | %
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit |  | (19.2 | )% |  | 3.7 | % |  | 3.3 | %
Foreign rates varying from federal statutory tax rate |  | 3.1 | % |  | 0.1 | % |  | (4.2 | )%
Tax contingencies |  | 15.7 | % |  | (0.9 | )% |  | 0.1 | %
Tax credits |  | 11.3 | % |  | 0.2 | % |  | (0.1 | )%
Other permanent book-tax differences |  | (8.6 | )% |  | 0.8 | % |  | 0.2 | %
Other, net |  | 1.1 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Effective tax rate |  | 44.9 | % |  | 26.3 | % |  | (142.9 | )%
Schedule of Components of Net Deferred Income Tax Liability | The components of the net deferred income tax liability were as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
|  | (In thousands)
Deferred income tax assets: |  |  |  |
Self-insurance accruals |  | $ | 94,690 |  |  | $ | 82,118 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | 619,314 |  |  | 414,144 |
Accrued compensation and benefits |  | 31,402 |  |  | 31,627 |
Federal benefit on state tax positions |  | 9,115 |  |  | 11,027 |
Pension benefits |  | 78,004 |  |  | 94,433 |
Deferred revenue |  | 146,383 |  |  | 146,831 |
Other accruals |  | 21,635 |  |  | 19,068 |
|  | 1,000,543 |  |  | 799,248 |
Valuation allowance |  | (17,577 | ) |  | (16,186 | )
|  | 982,966 |  |  | 783,062 |
Deferred income tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Property and equipment basis differences |  | (2,121,842 | ) |  | (1,937,009 | )
Other |  | (5,386 | ) |  | (7,907 | )
|  | (2,127,228 | ) |  | (1,944,916 | )
Net deferred income tax liability (1) |  | $ | (1,144,262 | ) |  | $ | (1,161,854 | )
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(1) | Deferred tax assets of $17 million and $18 million have been included in "Sales-type leases and other assets" as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Schedule of Uncertain Tax Positions | In many cases, our uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by the relevant taxing authorities. The following table summarizes these open tax years by jurisdiction:
Jurisdiction |  | Open Tax Year
United States (Federal) |  | 2009 - 2011, 2013 - 2019
Canada |  | 2012 - 2019
Mexico |  | 2014 - 2019
United Kingdom |  | 2018 - 2019
Brazil (in discontinued operations) |  | 2014 - 2019
Schedule of Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The following table summarizes the activity related to unrecognized tax benefits (excluding the federal benefit received from state positions):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (In thousands)
Balance at January 1 |  | $ | 58,819 |  |  | $ | 62,288 |  |  | $ | 61,649 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  | 1,422 |  |  | 3,885 |  |  | 3,971 |
Reductions due to lapse of applicable statutes of limitation |  | (11,323 | ) |  | (7,354 | ) |  | (3,332 | )
Gross balance at December 31 |  | 48,918 |  |  | 58,819 |  |  | 62,288 |
Interest and penalties |  | 4,772 |  |  | 4,594 |  |  | 5,860 |
Balance at December 31 |  | $ | 53,690 |  |  | $ | 63,413 |  |  | $ | 68,148 |

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