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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Income Before Income Taxes | Polaris’ Income before income taxes was generated from its United States and foreign operations as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
United States |  | $ | 458,635 |  |  | $ | 329,060 |  |  | $ | 210,155 |
Foreign |  |  | 21,208 |  |  |  | 17,566 |  |  |  | 8,386 |
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 479,843 |  |  | $ | 346,626 |  |  | $ | 218,541 |
Components of Provision for Income Taxes | Components of Polaris’ Provision for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 169,833 |  |  | $ | 113,406 |  |  | $ | 73,597 |
State |  |  | 15,366 |  |  |  | 10,629 |  |  |  | 7,381 |
Foreign |  |  | 8,593 |  |  |  | 6,374 |  |  |  | 6,783 |
Deferred |  |  | (26,259 | ) |  |  | (11,358 | ) |  |  | (16,358 | )
Total |  | $ | 167,533 |  |  | $ | 119,051 |  |  | $ | 71,403 |
Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate | Reconciliation of the Federal statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate is as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Federal statutory rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 1.8 |
Domestic manufacturing deduction |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  |  | (1.8 | )
Research tax credit |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | (1.2 | )
Valuation allowance for foreign subsidiaries net operating losses |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Other permanent differences |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (1.5 | )
Effective income tax rate |  |  | 34.9 | % |  |  | 34.3 | % |  |  | 32.7 | %
Net Deferred Income Taxes | The net deferred income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Current deferred income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventories |  | $ | 7,277 |  |  | $ | 5,968 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | 78,164 |  |  |  | 73,171 |
Derivative instruments |  |  | 851 |  |  |  | (1,474 | )
Total current |  |  | 86,292 |  |  |  | 77,665 |
Noncurrent net deferred income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost in excess of net assets of business acquired |  |  | 5,193 |  |  |  | 2,139 |
Property and equipment |  |  | (21,656 | ) |  |  | (21,627 | )
Compensation payable in common stock |  |  | 40,329 |  |  |  | 31,274 |
Net unrealized gains in other comprehensive income |  |  | (1,698 | ) |  |  | (1,516 | )
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 4,744 |  |  |  | 4,243 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (4,523 | ) |  |  | (3,912 | )
Total noncurrent |  |  | 22,389 |  |  |  | 10,601 |
Total |  | $ | 108,681 |  |  | $ | 88,266 |
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Balance at January 1, |  | $ | 7,837 |  |  | $ | 5,509 |
Gross increases for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | 483 |
Gross decreases for tax positions of prior years |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Gross increases for tax positions of current year |  |  | 1,137 |  |  |  | 1,956 |
Decreases due to settlements |  |  | (1,994 | ) |  |  | — |
Decreases for lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (111 | )
Balance at December 31, |  | $ | 7,063 |  |  | $ | 7,837 |

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