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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 03, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of income tax contingencies | The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions, including positions which impact only the timing of tax benefits for the years ended November 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 1, | $ | 3,859 |  |  | $ | 2,487 |  |  | $ | 2,155 |
Additions for current period tax positions | 571 |  |  | 388 |  |  | 465 |
Additions related to acquired tax positions | — |  |  | 1,052 |  |  | — |
Additions for prior period tax positions | — |  |  | 321 |  |  | 40 |
Reductions for prior period tax positions | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Reductions for lapse of statute of limitations/settlements | (420 | ) |  | (401 | ) |  | (240 | )
Changes in interest and penalties | 64 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 67 |
Unrecognized tax benefits at November 30, | $ | 4,074 |  |  | $ | 3,859 |  |  | $ | 2,487 |
Schedule of provisions for income taxes | The provision for income taxes consisted of:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 34,323 |  |  | $ | 51,116 |  |  | $ | 56,764 |
State | 4,070 |  |  | 5,515 |  |  | 4,760 |
Foreign | 9,780 |  |  | 10,209 |  |  | 10,112 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 11,965 |  |  | (1,923 | ) |  | (4,102 | )
State | (1,283 | ) |  | (1,051 | ) |  | (359 | )
Foreign | 3,361 |  |  | (814 | ) |  | 205 |
| $ | 62,216 |  |  | $ | 63,052 |  |  | $ | 67,380 |
Schedule of earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests | Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests included the following components:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Domestic income | $ | 151,921 |  |  | $ | 160,287 |  |  | $ | 166,101 |
Foreign income | 49,685 |  |  | 37,678 |  |  | 45,462 |
| $ | 201,606 |  |  | $ | 197,965 |  |  | $ | 211,563 |
Schedule of effective tax rate breakdown | The provision for income taxes resulted in effective tax rates that differ from the statutory federal income tax rates. The reasons for these differences are as follows:
| Percent of Pre-Tax Earnings
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Statutory U.S. tax rates | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit | 0.7 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 1.3 |
Tax credits | (1.0 | ) |  | (0.7 | ) |  | (0.2 | )
Foreign taxes at different rates, net of credits | (2.4 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | (2.3 | )
Domestic production activities deduction | (2.1 | ) |  | (2.8 | ) |  | (2.7 | )
Other, net | 0.7 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.7 |
| 30.9 | % |  | 31.9 | % |  | 31.8 | %
Components of net deferred tax liabilities | The components of the net deferred tax liability as of November 30, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation | $ | 8,335 |  |  | $ | 11,294 |  |  | $ | 9,074 |
Loss carryforward and tax credit items | 22,834 |  |  | 30,507 |  |  | 19,620 |
Accounts receivable | 6,245 |  |  | 7,842 |  |  | 6,538 |
Inventories | 6,397 |  |  | 6,390 |  |  | 5,484 |
Pensions | 11,604 |  |  | 9,619 |  |  | 10,019 |
Accrued liabilities and other | 6,665 |  |  | 7,427 |  |  | 6,999 |
Valuation allowance | (10,497 | ) |  | (10,855 | ) |  | (1,268 | )
Total deferred tax assets, net | 51,583 |  |  | 62,224 |  |  | 56,466 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of completion | (524 | ) |  | (1,866 | ) |  | (740 | )
Plant assets | (28,845 | ) |  | (22,615 | ) |  | (24,818 | )
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets | (93,907 | ) |  | (98,713 | ) |  | (97,179 | )
Other deferred tax liabilities | (297 | ) |  | (287 | ) |  | (230 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (123,573 | ) |  | (123,481 | ) |  | (122,967 | )
Deferred tax liability, net | $ | (71,990 | ) |  | $ | (61,257 | ) |  | $ | (66,501 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities and other income tax contingencies. Includes, but is not limited to, interest and penalties, reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate, tax years that remain subject to examination by tax jurisdictions, and information about positions for which it is reasonably possible that amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=SL6600010-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 19 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32840-109319 + Details
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