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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income Before Tax
The components of income before provision for income taxes were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
U.S.
$
408,391

 
$
365,821

 
$
245,252

Foreign
71,385

 
53,733

 
76,339

Income before provision for income taxes
$
479,776

 
$
419,554

 
$
321,591

Schedule of Provision for Income Tax
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current tax provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
153,471

 
$
77,671

 
$
94,423

State
4,978

 
8,034

 
10,046

Foreign
13,259

 
13,019

 
18,952

Deferred tax (benefit) provision:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(13,073
)
 
24,210

 
(582
)
State
(15,220
)
 
(1,106
)
 
(2,045
)
Foreign
2,442

 
1,869

 
(3,189
)
Change in valuation allowance
(29
)
 
2,370

 
(3
)
Total
$
145,828

 
$
126,067

 
$
117,602

Schedule of Difference Between Effective and Statutory
The Company’s effective rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
U.S. federal income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes
2.3

 
3.4

 
3.5

Nondeductible stock-based compensation
1.4

 
0.8

 
1.3

U.S. federal and state research and development credits
(3.2
)
 
(3.5
)
 
(0.6
)
Change in state tax rates
(0.3
)
 

 
(0.4
)
Foreign earnings
(1.9
)
 
(2.6
)
 
(3.5
)
Disallowed officer compensation
0.1

 
0.1

 
0.6

Domestic production activities deduction
(2.2
)
 
(4.3
)
 

Change in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance

 
0.6

 

State software development activities
(2.4
)
 

 

Other
1.6

 
0.5

 
0.7

 
30.4
 %
 
30.0
 %
 
36.6
 %
Net Deferred Tax and Valuation Allowance
The components of the net deferred tax asset and the related valuation allowance as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
2014
 
2013
Accrued bonus
$
19,572

 
$
14,266

Deferred revenue
9,536

 
5,691

Deferred rent
10,518

 
6,738

Stock-based compensation
27,538

 
30,125

Net operating losses
11,466

 
14,392

Tax credit carryforwards
18,066

 
11,107

Other
7,276

 
5,361

Deferred tax assets
103,972

 
87,680

Depreciation and amortization
(14,868
)
 
(15,607
)
Acquired intangible assets
(40,126
)
 
(19,530
)
Internal-use software development costs capitalized
(39,396
)
 
(31,970
)
Deferred tax liabilities
(94,390
)
 
(67,107
)
Valuation allowance
(1,222
)
 
(1,251
)
Net deferred tax assets
$
8,360

 
$
19,322

Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following is a rollforward of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Balance at beginning of year
$
24,651

 
$
20,902

 
$
12,496

Gross increases — tax positions of prior periods
12,925

 
2,878

 
12,173

Gross increases — current-period tax positions
2,106

 
2,834

 
2,251

Gross decreases — tax positions of prior periods
(6,362
)
 
(1,213
)
 
(6,018
)
Gross decreases — settlements

 
(750
)
 

Balance at end of year
$
33,320

 
$
24,651

 
$
20,902