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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Loss Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] | For financial statement purposes, income (loss) before income taxes by source was comprised of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Domestic | $ | 212,406 |  |  | $ | 11,290 |  |  | $ | (109,615 | )
Foreign | 11,377 |  |  | 2,551 |  |  | (585 | )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes | $ | 223,783 |  |  | $ | 13,841 |  |  | $ | (110,200 | )
Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate of 21% for 2019 and 2018 and 35% for 2017 to actual follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Tax at statutory rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 | — | % |  | — | % |  | 70.3 | %
State income taxes | 4.3 | % |  | 17.6 | % |  | (1.8 | )%
Effect of foreign operations, net of foreign tax credits | 0.3 | % |  | (1.2 | )% |  | 3.5 | %
Effect of current and prior year credits | (2.7 | )% |  | (31.4 | )% |  | 1.7 | %
Change in unrecognized tax benefits | — | % |  | 10.9 | % |  | — | %
Other permanent differences | 0.2 | % |  | 14.9 | % |  | — | %
Prior year return to provision adjustments | (2.7 | )% |  | 7.3 | % |  | — | %
Adjustments to deferred taxes | — | % |  | — | % |  | 1.6 | %
Valuation allowance | 1.2 | % |  | (0.5 | )% |  | (1.6 | )%
Other, net | 0.8 | % |  | — | % |  | (2.7 | )%
Effective income tax rate | 22.4 | % |  | 38.6 | % |  | 106.0 | %
Components of Income Tax Expense [Table Text Block] | The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | (6,996 | ) |  | $ | (2,573 | ) |  | $ | (34,445 | )
State | 528 |  |  | 816 |  |  | 1,216 |
Foreign | 796 |  |  | 724 |  |  | (1,417 | )
Total current | (5,672 | ) |  | (1,033 | ) |  | (34,646 | )
Deferred expense (benefit) |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 37,309 |  |  | 4,691 |  |  | (89,820 | )
State | 16,439 |  |  | 3,325 |  |  | 9,266 |
Foreign | 2,161 |  |  | (1,634 | ) |  | (1,653 | )
Total deferred | 55,909 |  |  | 6,382 |  |  | (82,207 | )
Total income tax expense (benefit) | $ | 50,237 |  |  | $ | 5,349 |  |  | $ | (116,853 | )
Deferred Tax Assets [Table Text Block] | Deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following:
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018
Deferred tax assets |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 34,928 |  |  | $ | 56,701 |
Accrued liabilities | 45,671 |  |  | 50,558 |
Intangible assets | 13,088 |  |  | 20,346 |
Lease obligations | 71,104 |  |  | — |
Other assets including credits | 10,915 |  |  | 23,070 |
Foreign tax credit carryforwards | 7,815 |  |  | 6,601 |
Total deferred tax assets | 183,521 |  |  | 157,276 |
Valuation allowance | (43,555 | ) |  | (39,961 | )
Deferred tax assets, net | 139,966 |  |  | 117,315 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |
Rental merchandise | (193,878 | ) |  | (177,794 | )
Property assets | (24,513 | ) |  | (32,571 | )
Lease assets | (69,035 | ) |  | — |
Other liabilities | (1,635 | ) |  | (453 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (289,061 | ) |  | (210,818 | )
Net deferred taxes | $ | (149,095 | ) |  | $ | (93,503 | )
Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Table Text Block] | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Beginning unrecognized tax benefit balance | $ | 36,364 |  |  | $ | 37,319 |  |  | $ | 33,723 |
Reductions based on tax positions related to current year | (654 | ) |  | (206 | ) |  | (2,280 | )
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 415 |  |  | 735 |  |  | 6,688 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (11,917 | ) |  | (488 | ) |  | (368 | )
Settlements | — |  |  | (996 | ) |  | (444 | )
Ending unrecognized tax benefit balance | $ | 24,208 |  |  | $ | 36,364 |  |  | $ | 37,319 |

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