INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in thousands):

	2012			2011			2010
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period	$	7,668		$	7,595		$	7,776
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	4,172			1,476			1,891
Additions for tax positions of prior years	6,911			290			1,565
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(1,061		)	(1,005		)	(1,544		)
Lapse in statute of limitations	(286		)	(688		)	(2,093		)
Settlements	(616		)	—			—
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of the period	$	16,788		$	7,668		$	7,595

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of the provision for income taxes consist of the following for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

	2012			2011		2010
Tax provision:
Federal	$	326,708		$	219,124	$	195,843
State	38,931			28,260		25,492
Foreign	13,461			9,958		8,167
	379,100			257,342		229,502
Deferred provision (benefit):
Federal	(11,674		)	4,781		4,397
State	(1,334		)	546		503
Foreign	(1,434		)	423		2,674
	(14,442		)	5,750		7,574
Total provision	$	364,658		$	263,092	$	237,076

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes using the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

	2012		2011		2010
Federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.7		2.7		2.7
Other	0.3		0.2		0.3
	38.0	%	37.9	%	38.0	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following at December 31 (in thousands):

	2012			2011
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation	$	96,660		$	80,577
Receivables	11,836			10,375
Other	9,443			7,992
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(109,334		)	(59,122		)
Prepaid assets	(7,825		)	(8,476		)
Long-lived assets	(21,171		)	(18,463		)
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(12,857		)	(5,324		)
Other	(85		)	(7		)
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets	$	(33,333	)	$	7,552