INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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):

	2014			2013			2012
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period	$	16,897		$	16,788		$	7,668
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	2,002			1,572			4,172
Additions for tax positions of prior years	839			1,105			6,911
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(183		)	(1,464		)	(1,061		)
Lapse in statute of limitations	(1,281		)	(238		)	(286		)
Settlements	—			(866		)	(616		)
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of the period	$	18,274		$	16,897		$	16,788

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):

	2014			2013			2012
Tax provision:
Federal	$	224,468		$	180,351		$	326,708
State	32,110			26,351			38,931
Foreign	20,259			25,529			13,461
	276,837			232,231			379,100
Deferred provision (benefit):
Federal	(5,302		)	24,877			(11,674		)
State	(755		)	3,623			(1,334		)
Foreign	2,940			(3,274		)	(1,434		)
	(3,117		)	25,226			(14,442		)
Total provision	$	273,720		$	257,457		$	364,658

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:

	2014		2013		2012
Federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.8		2.9		2.7
Other	—		0.3		0.3
	37.8	%	38.2	%	38.0	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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

	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation	$	78,516		$	71,751
Receivables	13,397			11,780
Other	8,103			8,541
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	(115,761		)	(113,518		)
Prepaid assets	(10,808		)	(9,948		)
Long-lived assets	(19,018		)	(20,310		)
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	(13,616		)	(10,600		)
Other	(28		)	(28		)
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets	$	(59,215	)	$	(62,332	)