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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
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, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
U.S.
$
233,247

 
$
408,391

 
$
365,821

Foreign
223,377

 
71,385

 
53,733

Income before provision for income taxes
$
456,624

 
$
479,776

 
$
419,554

Schedule of Provision for Income Tax
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Current tax provision (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
70,298

 
$
153,471

 
$
77,671

State
(1,750
)
 
4,978

 
8,034

Foreign
62,572

 
13,259

 
13,019

Deferred tax provision (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
23,381

 
(13,073
)
 
24,210

State
(742
)
 
(15,220
)
 
(1,106
)
Foreign
(18,536
)
 
2,442

 
1,869

Change in valuation allowance
(5
)
 
(29
)
 
2,370

Total
$
135,218

 
$
145,828

 
$
126,067

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, 2015, 2014 and 2013:
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
U.S. federal income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes
1.7

 
2.3

 
3.4

Nondeductible stock-based compensation
1.9

 
1.4

 
0.8

U.S. federal, state and foreign research and development credits
(4.1
)
 
(3.2
)
 
(3.5
)
Foreign earnings
(4.6
)
 
(1.9
)
 
(2.6
)
Domestic production activities deduction
(1.2
)
 
(2.2
)
 
(4.3
)
State software development activities benefit

 
(2.4
)
 

Other
0.9

 
1.4

 
1.2

 
29.6
 %
 
30.4
 %
 
30.0
 %
Net Deferred Tax and Valuation Allowance
The components of the net deferred tax asset and the related valuation allowance as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
2015
 
2014
Accrued bonus
$
13,161

 
$
19,572

Deferred revenue
11,334

 
9,536

Deferred rent
13,224

 
10,518

Stock-based compensation
31,705

 
27,538

Net operating losses
8,855

 
11,466

Unrealized losses
1,421

 
748

Tax credit carryforwards
22,918

 
18,066

Other
5,989

 
6,528

Deferred tax assets
108,607

 
103,972

Depreciation and amortization
(10,848
)
 
(14,868
)
Acquired intangible assets
(37,923
)
 
(40,126
)
Internal-use software development costs capitalized
(66,807
)
 
(39,396
)
Deferred tax liabilities
(115,578
)
 
(94,390
)
Valuation allowance
(1,217
)
 
(1,222
)
Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets
$
(8,188
)
 
$
8,360

Schedule of Operating Loss Carryforwards
As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had the following NOL and credit carryforwards (in thousands):

 
2015
 
2014
 
Expirations at Various Dates Through:
NOL carryforwards:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
21,500

 
$
26,100

 
2029
State
28,200

 
45,000

 
2034
Foreign

 
300

 
 
Federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards
39,800

 
30,500

 
2030
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following is a rollforward of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Balance at beginning of year
$
33,320

 
$
24,651

 
$
20,902

Gross increases — tax positions of prior periods
11,238

 
12,925

 
2,878

Gross increases — current-period tax positions
27,043

 
2,106

 
2,834

Gross decreases — tax positions of prior periods
(5,996
)
 
(6,362
)
 
(1,213
)
Gross decreases — settlements
(315
)
 

 
(750
)
Balance at end of year
$
65,290

 
$
33,320

 
$
24,651