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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Components of Income Tax Expense | Income taxes for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 consisted of the following:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Current |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 4,126 |  |  | $ | 1,433 |  |  | $ | (3,465 | )
State and local | 657 |  |  | 507 |  |  | 682 |
Foreign | 46,885 |  |  | 75,770 |  |  | 57,355 |
| 51,668 |  |  | 77,710 |  |  | 54,572 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
United States | 3,352 |  |  | 1,686 |  |  | 1,746 |
State and local | 159 |  |  | 275 |  |  | 279 |
Foreign | (17,173 | ) |  | (4,136 | ) |  | 9,769 |
| (13,662 | ) |  | (2,175 | ) |  | 11,794 |
Total | $ | 38,006 |  |  | $ | 75,535 |  |  | $ | 66,366 |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Statutory tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.3 |
Dividends received from deconsolidated operations | (1.3 | ) |  | (0.9 | ) |  | (1.5 | )
Effect of exchange rate changes on deferred income taxes | (4.9 | ) |  | (1.0 | ) |  | (1.0 | )
Tax benefit arising from payment of a portion of the European Commission fine by a subsidiary | (5.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Other, including changes in liabilities recorded for uncertain tax positions | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | (0.8 | )
Effective income tax rate | 24.0 | % |  | 32.7 | % |  | 32.0 | %
Schedule Of U.S. And Foreign Components Of Income Before Income Taxes And Other Items | The U.S. and foreign components of income before income taxes and other items were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States | $ | 27,181 |  |  | $ | 9,156 |  |  | $ | (4,161 | )
Foreign | 131,286 |  |  | 221,534 |  |  | 211,446 |
Total | $ | 158,467 |  |  | $ | 230,690 |  |  | $ | 207,285 |
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of deferred tax liabilities and assets were as follows:
| March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Liabilities |  |  |
Foreign withholding taxes | $ | 34,339 |  |  | $ | 30,147 |
Undistributed earnings | 14,510 |  |  | 23,865 |
Goodwill | 30,851 |  |  | 30,851 |
All other | 8,922 |  |  | 12,471 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | $ | 88,622 |  |  | $ | 97,334 |
Assets |  |  |
Employee benefit plans | $ | 50,977 |  |  | $ | 40,816 |
Reserves and accruals | 14,039 |  |  | 32,248 |
Deferred income | 5,387 |  |  | 4,013 |
Currency translation losses of foreign subsidiaries | 12,167 |  |  | — |
Local currency exchange losses of foreign subsidiaries | 10,674 |  |  | 207 |
All other | 9,607 |  |  | 8,612 |
Total deferred tax assets | 102,851 |  |  | 85,896 |
Valuation allowance | (629 | ) |  | (1,252 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 102,222 |  |  | $ | 84,644 |
Schedule Of Combined Income Tax Expense (Benefit) Allocable To Continuing Operations, Other Comprehensive Income, And Adjustments To Shareholders' Equity | The combined income tax expense (benefit) allocable to continuing operations, other comprehensive income, and direct adjustments to shareholders' equity was as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Continuing operations | $ | 38,006 |  |  | $ | 75,535 |  |  | $ | 66,366 |
Other comprehensive income | (21,900 | ) |  | 22,190 |  |  | 2,600 |
Direct adjustments to shareholders' equity | (932 | ) |  | (972 | ) |  | (1,052 | )
Total | $ | 15,174 |  |  | $ | 96,753 |  |  | $ | 67,914 |
Reconciliation Of The Gross Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the gross liability for uncertain tax positions for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, is as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Liability for uncertain tax positions, beginning of year | $ | 3,809 |  |  | $ | 5,385 |  |  | $ | 7,913 |
Additions: |  |  |  |  |
Related to tax positions for the current year | 272 |  |  | 194 |  |  | 191 |
Related to tax positions for prior years | — |  |  | 168 |  |  | — |
Reductions: |  |  |  |  |
Due to settlements with tax jurisdictions | — |  |  | — |  |  | (66 | )
Due to lapses of statutes of limitations | (478 | ) |  | (1,776 | ) |  | (2,339 | )
Related to tax positions for prior years | (143 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Effect of currency rate movement | (566 | ) |  | (162 | ) |  | (314 | )
Liability for uncertain tax positions, end of year | $ | 2,894 |  |  | $ | 3,809 |  |  | $ | 5,385 |

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