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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and the Related Provision for Income Taxes | The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the related provision for income taxes are presented below:
| Fiscal Year
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. | $ | 59,255 |  |  | $ | 76,157 |  |  | $ | 71,002 |
Non-U.S. | 163,666 |  |  | 119,271 |  |  | 106,593 |
| $ | 222,921 |  |  | $ | 195,428 |  |  | $ | 177,595 |
Income tax provision: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 18,592 |  |  | $ | 23,687 |  |  | $ | 13,733 |
Foreign | 39,829 |  |  | 8,572 |  |  | 20,364 |
State | 5,263 |  |  | 6,819 |  |  | 4,746 |
Total current | 63,684 |  |  | 39,078 |  |  | 38,843 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 7,206 |  |  | 1,790 |  |  | 12,982 |
Foreign | (4,024 | ) |  | 3,064 |  |  | (4,672 | )
State | (31 | ) |  | (541 | ) |  | 518 |
Total deferred | 3,151 |  |  | 4,313 |  |  | 8,828 |
| $ | 66,835 |  |  | $ | 43,391 |  |  | $ | 47,671 |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| December 31, 2016 |  | December 26, 2015
| (in thousands)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Compensation | $ | 70,863 |  |  | $ | 55,259 |
Accruals and reserves | 8,103 |  |  | 8,941 |
Inventory reserves and valuations | 3,447 |  |  | 2,022 |
Financing related | — |  |  | 902 |
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards | 58,081 |  |  | 35,233 |
Other | 2,921 |  |  | 2,593 |
Valuation allowance | (10,101 | ) |  | (6,112 | )
Total deferred tax assets | 133,314 |  |  | 98,838 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Goodwill and other intangibles | (121,256 | ) |  | (73,208 | )
Financing related | (854 | ) |  | — |
Depreciation related | (32,271 | ) |  | (23,664 | )
Venture capital investments | (5,084 | ) |  | (3,570 | )
Foreign withholding taxes | (821 | ) |  | (6,590 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (160,286 | ) |  | (107,032 | )
Net deferred taxes | $ | (26,972 | ) |  | $ | (8,194 | )
Reconciliations of the Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rates | Reconciliations of the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to effective tax rates are as follows:
| Fiscal Year
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
U.S. statutory income tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Foreign tax rate differences | (10.3 | )% |  | (8.6 | )% |  | (9.4 | )%
State income taxes, net of Federal tax benefit | 1.6 | % |  | 1.9 | % |  | 1.9 | %
Research tax credits and enhanced deductions | (3.5 | )% |  | (2.6 | )% |  | (4.1 | )%
Enacted tax rate changes | (0.8 | )% |  | (1.5 | )% |  | — | %
Impact of tax uncertainties | 0.2 | % |  | (5.2 | )% |  | (0.7 | )%
Foreign withholding taxes | 2.0 | % |  | 3.4 | % |  | — | %
Impact of acquisitions and restructuring | 1.8 | % |  | (2.0 | )% |  | 1.6 | %
Other | 4.0 | % |  | 1.8 | % |  | 2.5 | %
Effective income tax rate | 30.0 | % |  | 22.2 | % |  | 26.8 | %
Reconciliation of the Company's Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Income Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the Company’s beginning and ending unrecognized income tax benefits is as follows:
| Fiscal Year
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 23,338 |  |  | $ | 34,627 |  |  | $ | 18,475 |
Additions to tax positions for current year | 2,194 |  |  | 2,362 |  |  | 1,700 |
Additions to tax positions for prior years | 2,035 |  |  | 3,028 |  |  | 18,502 |
Reductions to tax positions for current year | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Reductions to tax positions for prior years | (1,866 | ) |  | (3,991 | ) |  | (3,722 | )
Settlements | (918 | ) |  | (1,946 | ) |  | (308 | )
Expiration of statute of limitations | (597 | ) |  | (10,742 | ) |  | (20 | )
Ending balance | $ | 24,186 |  |  | $ | 23,338 |  |  | $ | 34,627 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions and 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 No definition available. + Details
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