Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows

Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows

3.Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows

The following table presents our supplemental cash flow and other non-cash data.

	For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2017		2016
	(In thousands)
Cash paid for interest	$	696,379	$	590,238
Cash received for interest		7,889		1,705
Cash paid for income taxes		23,289		22,658
Cash paid for income taxes to DISH Network		323,588		484,217
Satellites and other assets financed under capital lease obligations		889		7,850

Our parent, DISH Network, provides a centralized system for the management of our cash and marketable investment securities as it does for all of its subsidiaries, among other reasons, to maximize yield of the portfolio.  As a result, the cash and marketable investment securities included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets is a component or portion of the overall cash and marketable investment securities portfolio included on DISH Network’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and managed by DISH Network.  We are reflecting the purchases and sales of marketable investment securities on a net basis for each period presented on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as we believe the net presentation is more meaningful to our cash flows from investing activities.