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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Before Income Taxes | Income before income taxes consisted of the following:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
Income before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  | $ | 162,687 |  |  | $ | 205,521 |  |  | $ | 259,652 |
Foreign |  |  | 101,177 |  |  |  | 84,542 |  |  |  | 88,015 |
Total |  | $ | 263,864 |  |  | $ | 290,063 |  |  | $ | 347,667 |
Current and Deferred Income Taxes | Current and deferred income taxes were as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 97,467 |  |  | $ | 61,732 |  |  | $ | 71,288 |
Foreign |  |  | 42,690 |  |  |  | 27,681 |  |  |  | 35,874 |
State |  |  | 10,951 |  |  |  | 6,125 |  |  |  | 10,682 |
Total current expense |  | $ | 151,108 |  |  | $ | 95,538 |  |  | $ | 117,844 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | (30,833 | ) |  | $ | 6,322 |  |  | $ | 10,420 |
Foreign |  |  | 2,653 |  |  |  | (6,437 | ) |  |  | (3,339 | )
State |  |  | (9,612 | ) |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | 4,014 |
Total deferred taxes |  |  | (37,792 | ) |  |  | 526 |  |  |  | 11,095 |
Income taxes |  | $ | 113,316 |  |  | $ | 96,064 |  |  | $ | 128,939 |
Reconciliation Between Income Tax Expense and Taxes Computed | A reconciliation between income tax expense and taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory federal income tax rate to income before income taxes follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
Computed statutory tax expense |  | $ | 92,353 |  |  | $ | 101,522 |  |  | $ | 121,683 |
Foreign inflation adjustments |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | 641 |  |  |  | (1,295 | )
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax impact |  |  | 789 |  |  |  | 4,549 |  |  |  | 9,559 |
Foreign losses not benefited and other changes in valuation allowance |  |  | (2,052 | ) |  |  | (275 | ) |  |  | (2,408 | )
Foreign tax rate differential |  |  | (336 | ) |  |  | (2,125 | ) |  |  | (2,660 | )
Foreign dividends |  |  | 3,294 |  |  |  | 1,083 |  |  |  | — |
Sale of Mexican subsidiaries and related changes in intangible assets |  |  | 21,406 |  |  |  | (10,065 | ) |  |  | — |
Changes in uncertain tax positions |  |  | (2,024 | ) |  |  | (1,540 | ) |  |  | 3,717 |
Other — net |  |  | (181 | ) |  |  | 2,274 |  |  |  | 343 |
Income taxes |  | $ | 113,316 |  |  | $ | 96,064 |  |  | $ | 128,939 |
Tax Effects of Significant Temporary Differences and Tax Loss and Tax Credit Carryforwards | The tax effects of significant temporary differences and tax loss and tax credit carryforwards comprising the net long-term deferred income tax liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2015 consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
Deferred liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Theatre properties and equipment |  | $ | 127,010 |  |  | $ | 141,155 |
Tax impact of items in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 55 |  |  |  | 158 |
Intangible asset — other |  |  | 29,342 |  |  |  | 28,889 |
Intangible asset — tradenames |  |  | 111,726 |  |  |  | 112,413 |
Investment in partnerships |  |  | 111,328 |  |  |  | 108,733 |
Total deferred liabilities |  |  | 379,461 |  |  |  | 391,348 |
Deferred assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred lease expenses |  |  | 27,341 |  |  |  | 26,966 |
Exchange loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,736 |
Deferred revenue — NCM |  |  | 124,366 |  |  |  | 128,642 |
Capital lease obligations |  |  | 73,306 |  |  |  | 75,966 |
Tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 7,764 |  |  |  | 7,379 |
Alternative minimum tax and other credit carryforwards |  |  | 43,384 |  |  |  | 41,300 |
Other expenses, not currently deductible for tax purposes |  |  | 25,807 |  |  |  | 20,204 |
Total deferred assets |  |  | 301,968 |  |  |  | 304,193 |
Net deferred income tax liability before valuation allowance |  |  | 77,493 |  |  |  | 87,155 |
Valuation allowance against deferred assets — current |  |  | 2,384 |  |  |  | — |
Valuation allowance against deferred assets — non-current |  |  | 50,489 |  |  |  | 50,636 |
Net deferred income tax liability |  | $ | 130,366 |  |  | $ | 137,791 |
Net deferred tax liability — Foreign |  | $ | 12,213 |  |  | $ | 4,212 |
Net deferred tax liability — U.S. |  |  | 118,153 |  |  |  | 133,579 |
Total |  | $ | 130,366 |  |  | $ | 137,791 |
Reconciliation of Total Amounts of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Excluding Interest and Penalties | The following is a reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014 and 2015:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |
Balance at January 1, |  | $ | 33,222 |  |  | $ | 18,780 |  |  | $ | 16,515 |
Gross increases — tax positions in prior periods |  |  | 413 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 40 |
Gross decreases — tax positions in prior periods |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,379 | ) |  |  | — |
Gross increases — current period tax positions |  |  | 1,476 |  |  |  | 1,324 |  |  |  | 2,112 |
Gross decreases — current period tax positions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Settlements |  |  | (15,444 | ) |  |  | (963 | ) |  |  | (871 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | (887 | ) |  |  | (257 | ) |  |  | (663 | )
Balance at December 31, |  | $ | 18,780 |  |  | $ | 16,515 |  |  | $ | 17,133 |

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