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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2015      2014      2013  

Current:

        

Federal

   $ 63,481       $ 50,980       $ 40,949   

State

     5,222         6,216         5,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     68,703         57,196         46,489   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

        

Federal

     4,473         2,734         4,209   

State

     557         418         898   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     5,030         3,152         5,107   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tax expense recorded as an increase of paid-in capital

     3,863         7,884         4,588   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 77,596       $ 68,232       $ 56,184   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2015     2014     2013  

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate

     35.0     35.0     35.0

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

     3.3        4.3        5.5   

State tax credits, net of federal effect

     (1.2     (1.5     (1.8

Nondeductible expenses

     0.1        0.1        0.3   

Other

     (0.1     0.1        (0.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective income tax rate

     37.1     38.0     38.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Significant Components of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the University’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

 

     As of December 31,  
     2015      2014  

Deferred tax assets:

     

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 2,051       $ 2,654   

Share-based compensation

     9,330         8,487   

Deferred tuition revenue

     1,336         610   

Deferred scholarship

     1,091         959   

Deferred rent

     1,078         1,290   

Intangibles

     1,778         3,312   

Other

     3,482         2,871   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax assets

     20,146         20,183   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax liability:

     

Property and equipment

     (33,710      (28,203

Other

     (1,291      (1,805
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred tax liability

     (35,001      (30,008
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (14,855    $ (9,825
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The deferred tax amounts above have been classified in the University’s balance sheets as follows:

 

     As of December 31,  
     2015      2014  

Deferred income taxes, current

   $ 6,448       $ 6,149   

Deferred income taxes, non-current

     (21,303      (15,974
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (14,855    $ (9,825