ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (TABLES)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) [ABSTRACT]

Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to TeleTech Shareholders Table

			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment		Derivative Valuation, Net of Tax		Other, Net of Tax		Totals

Accumulated other comprehensive income
	(loss) at December 31, 2012		$	15,673	$	9,559	$	(2,251)	$	22,981

	Other comprehensive income before reclassifications			(16,263)		(8,702)		7		(24,958)
	Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
		comprehensive income (loss)		-		(3,501)		292		(3,209)
		Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)		(16,263)		(12,203)		299		(28,167)

Accumulated other comprehensive income
	(loss) at June 30, 2013		$	(590)	$	(2,644)	$	(1,952)	$	(5,186)


Accumulated other comprehensive income
	(loss) at December 31, 2011		$	3,156	$	(5,852)	$	(2,778)	$	(5,474)

	Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			3,205		9,095		242		12,542
	Amounts reclassified from accumulated other
		comprehensive income (loss)		-		(279)		408		129
		Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)		3,205		8,816		650		12,671

Accumulated other comprehensive income
	(loss) at June 30, 2012		$	6,361	$	2,964	$	(2,128)	$	7,197

Income Statement Location of Adjustments Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income to Income

			For the Three Months Ended June 30,
			2013		2012		Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Classification

Derivative valuation
	Gain (loss) on foreign currency forward
		exchange contracts	$	2,850	$	692	Revenue
	Loss on interest rate swaps			(257)		(183)	Interest expense
	Tax effect			(1,011)		(204)	Provision for income taxes
			$	1,582	$	305	Net income (loss)

Other
	Actuarial loss on defined benefit plan		$	(154)	$	(218)	Cost of services
	Tax effect			9		13	Provision for income taxes
			$	(145)	$	(205)	Net income (loss)

			For the Six Months Ended June 30,
			2013		2012		Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Classification

Derivative valuation
	Gain (loss) on foreign currency forward
		exchange contracts	$	6,310	$	649	Revenue
	Loss on interest rate swaps			(514)		(183)	Interest expense
	Tax effect			(2,295)		(187)	Provision for income taxes
			$	3,501	$	279	Net income (loss)

Other
	Actuarial loss on defined benefit plan		$	(311)	$	(434)	Cost of services
	Tax effect			19		26	Provision for income taxes
			$	(292)	$	(408)	Net income (loss)

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The entire disclosure for any adjustments made during the period to avoid double counting in comprehensive income items displayed as part of net income that also had been displayed as part of other comprehensive income in that period or earlier periods. These adjustments include reclassifications to net income of items in accumulated comprehensive income, such as deferred gains or losses on qualifying hedges when hedged item reported in net income, holding gains or losses on available-for-sale securities transferred into trading category, unrealized holding gains or losses on debt securities transferred from held-to-maturity category into available-for-sale category and accumulated translation adjustment attributable to foreign subsidiary or investment in foreign entity upon sale or liquidation.

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Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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