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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Component of income tax benefit (expense) in the consolidated statement of operations | The components of the income tax benefit (expense) in our consolidated statements of operations are as follows (in thousands):
| Federal |  | State |  | Total
2015 |  |  |  |  |
Current | $ | (1,400 | ) |  | $ | (2,000 | ) |  | $ | (3,400 | )
Deferred | (35,900 | ) |  | (3,100 | ) |  | (39,000 | )
Income tax expense | $ | (37,300 | ) |  | $ | (5,100 | ) |  | $ | (42,400 | )
2014 |  |  |  |  |
Current | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | (1,900 | ) |  | $ | (1,800 | )
Deferred | 646,000 |  |  | 179,200 |  |  | 825,200 |
Income tax benefit | $ | 646,100 |  |  | $ | 177,300 |  |  | $ | 823,400 |
2013 |  |  |  |  |
Current | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | $ | 1,600 |
Deferred | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Income tax benefit | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | $ | 1,600 |
Components of deferred tax liabilities and assets | Significant components of our deferred tax liabilities and assets are as follows (in thousands):
| November 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Capitalized expenses | $ | 110,408 |  |  | $ | 103,196 |
State taxes | 68,866 |  |  | 72,258 |
Other | 196 |  |  | 310 |
Total | 179,470 |  |  | 175,764 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
NOLs from 2006 through 2015 | 423,274 |  |  | 459,393 |
Tax credits | 186,169 |  |  | 176,234 |
Inventory impairments and land option contract abandonments | 179,828 |  |  | 229,264 |
Employee benefits | 93,395 |  |  | 82,776 |
Warranty, legal and other accruals | 49,655 |  |  | 42,621 |
Capitalized expenses | 34,887 |  |  | 24,155 |
Partnerships and joint ventures | 18,557 |  |  | 15,672 |
Depreciation and amortization | 9,146 |  |  | 9,022 |
Other | 4,537 |  |  | 3,009 |
Total | 999,448 |  |  | 1,042,146 |
Valuation allowance | (37,782 | ) |  | (41,150 | )
Total | 961,666 |  |  | 1,000,996 |
Deferred tax assets, net | $ | 782,196 |  |  | $ | 825,232 |
Income tax benefit computed at the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate and income tax benefit (expense) provided in the consolidated statements of operations | The income tax benefit (expense) computed at the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate and the income tax benefit (expense) provided in our consolidated statements of operations differ as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Years Ended November 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| $ |  | % |  | $ |  | % |  | $ |  | %
Income tax expense computed at statutory rate | $ | (44,462 | ) |  | (35.0 | )% |  | $ | (33,232 | ) |  | (35.0 | )% |  | $ | (13,427 | ) |  | (35.0 | )%
Tax credits | 8,220 |  |  | 6.5 |  |  | 2,884 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 2,675 |  |  | 7.0 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets | 3,356 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | 825,232 |  |  | 869.1 |  |  | 20,673 |  |  | 53.9 |
Depreciation and amortization | 3,183 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 15,765 |  |  | 16.6 |  |  | 4,523 |  |  | 11.8 |
Basis in joint ventures | 1,617 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 10,441 |  |  | 11.0 |  |  | (9,598 | ) |  | (25.0 | )
Inventory impairments | (1,701 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,827 |  |  | 7.4 |
Reserve and deferred income | (2,259 | ) |  | (1.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,808 | ) |  | (4.7 | )
NOL reconciliation | (3,379 | ) |  | (2.7 | ) |  | 12,973 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | (3,806 | ) |  | (9.9 | )
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit | (5,155 | ) |  | (4.1 | ) |  | (13,907 | ) |  | (14.7 | ) |  | (1,947 | ) |  | (5.1 | )
Capitalized expenses | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,249 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognition of federal and state tax benefits | — |  |  | — |  |  | 59 |  |  | .1 |  |  | 1,600 |  |  | 4.2 |
Other, net | (1,820 | ) |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 1,936 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | (112 | ) |  | (.3 | )
Income tax benefit (expense) | $ | (42,400 | ) |  | (33.4 | )% |  | $ | 823,400 |  |  | 867.2 | % |  | $ | 1,600 |  |  | 4.3 | %
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the gross unrecognized benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in thousands):
| Years Ended November 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 1,671 |
Reductions due to lapse of statute of limitations | (150 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,465 | )
Balance at end of year | $ | 56 |  |  | $ | 206 |  |  | $ | 206 |

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