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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of income tax provision | The following table shows the significant components of the income tax provision from continuing operations:
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (in thousands)
Current |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 60,343 |  |  | $ | 49,744 |  |  | $ | 54,456 |
State and foreign | 9,108 |  |  | 3,052 |  |  | 2,553 |
| 69,451 |  |  | 52,796 |  |  | 57,009 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 3,337 |  |  | 13,408 |  |  | (2,811 | )
State and foreign | (1,536 | ) |  | 268 |  |  | (56 | )
| 1,801 |  |  | 13,676 |  |  | (2,867 | )
| $ | 71,252 |  |  | $ | 66,472 |  |  | $ | 54,142 |
Provision for income taxes attributable to continuing operations | The following table shows a reconciliation of income taxes calculated at the statutory rate and the provision for income taxes attributable to continuing operations:
| Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (in thousands)
Income taxes at the federal statutory rate | $ | 77,789 |  |  | $ | 65,969 |  |  | $ | 52,941 |
Non-deductible expense related to incentive stock options | (633 | ) |  | — |  |  | 1 |
State income tax, net of federal benefit | 349 |  |  | 2,728 |  |  | 2,172 |
Change in valuation allowance | 2,242 |  |  | 1,425 |  |  | 1,273 |
Federal tax credits | (922 | ) |  | (167 | ) |  | (134 | )
Foreign tax credit | (4,342 | ) |  | (4,356 | ) |  | (2,849 | )
Effect of permanently reinvesting foreign earnings | (3,820 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | 589 |  |  | 873 |  |  | 738 |
Total provision | $ | 71,252 |  |  | $ | 66,472 |  |  | $ | 54,142 |
Effective tax rate | 32.1 | % |  | 35.3 | % |  | 35.8 | %
Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities | The following table shows significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30:
| September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011
| (in thousands)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Book over tax depreciation | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,001 |
Tax over book inventory | 3,904 |  |  | 3,457 |
Accrued liabilities | 14,334 |  |  | 12,220 |
Pawn service charges receivable | 3,937 |  |  | 3,775 |
Stock compensation | 974 |  |  | — |
State and foreign net operating loss carry-forwards | 3,845 |  |  | 1,425 |
Total deferred tax assets | 26,994 |  |  | 21,878 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Tax over book amortization | 10,833 |  |  | 6,605 |
Foreign income and dividends | 3,864 |  |  | 2,932 |
Tax over book depreciation | 1,912 |  |  | — |
Stock compensation | — |  |  | 194 |
Prepaid expenses | 1,082 |  |  | 928 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 17,691 |  |  | 10,659 |
Net deferred tax asset | 9,303 |  |  | 11,219 |
Valuation allowance | (2,242 | ) |  | (1,425 | )
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 7,061 |  |  | $ | 9,794 |

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