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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes |
Schedule of components of provision for income taxes | The provision for income taxes includes the following components (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Current tax provision (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 3,801 |  | $ | (176) |  | $ | 1,767 |
State |  |  | 1,035 |  |  | 838 |  |  | 343 |
Foreign |  |  | — |  |  | 2,081 |  |  | — |
|  |  | 4,836 |  |  | 2,743 |  |  | 2,110 |
Deferred tax provision (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 66,430 |  |  | 4,697 |  |  | 34,728 |
State |  |  | 5,239 |  |  | 371 |  |  | 2,738 |
|  |  | 71,669 |  |  | 5,068 |  |  | 37,466 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 76,505 |  | $ | 7,811 |  | $ | 39,576 |
Schedule of income tax rate reconciliation | The following is a reconciliation between the statutory federal income tax rate of 35% and the effective rate which is derived by dividing the provision for income taxes by income (loss) before for income taxes (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Computed provision (benefit) for income taxes at the statutory rate |  | $ | 68,013 |  | $ | (5,720) |  | $ | 34,486 |
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State income tax provision (benefit), net of federal income tax benefit |  |  | 5,416 |  |  | (107) |  |  | 2,867 |
Non-deductible expenses |  |  | 3,641 |  |  | 3,865 |  |  | 3,257 |
Valuation allowance changes affecting the provision for income taxes |  |  | (899) |  |  | 5,981 |  |  | 1,430 |
Foreign income taxes, net of federal & state benefit |  |  | — |  |  | 1,973 |  |  |  |
Other, net |  |  | 334 |  |  | 1,819 |  |  | (2,464) |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 76,505 |  | $ | 7,811 |  | $ | 39,576 |
Schedule of components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities | The significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible Asset |  | $ | 30,369 |  | $ | 34,819 |
Accrued benefits |  |  | 47,514 |  |  | 43,853 |
Net operating loss carryforward |  |  | 82,211 |  |  | 152,361 |
AMT credit carryforward |  |  | 21,391 |  |  | 17,590 |
Deferred aircraft credits |  |  | 55,544 |  |  | 53,797 |
Accrued reserves and other |  |  | 24,575 |  |  | 27,008 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 261,604 |  |  | 329,428 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (8,126) |  |  | (9,025) |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated depreciation |  |  | (902,322) |  |  | (895,405) |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (902,322) |  |  | (895,405) |
Net deferred tax liability |  | $ | (648,844) |  | $ | (575,002) |

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