Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes for Income from Continuing Operations



		Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Current:
Federal	$	14,674	$	94,080	$	23,020
State		4,636		10,015		7,601
		19,310		104,095		30,621
Deferred:
Federal		58,331		56,487		105,771
State		10,953		(3,080)		1,261
		69,284		53,407		107,032
Total provision for income taxes for income from continuing operations	$	88,594	$	157,502	$	137,653

Schedule of Reconciliation between the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and the Effective Tax Rate



	Year Ended December 31,
	2013				2012				2011
	Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%
Provision for income taxes at statutory
federal rate	$	107,052	35.0	%	$	176,320	35.0	%	$	165,741	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal
income tax benefit		9,560	3.1			12,293	2.4			8,212	1.7
Release of unrecognized tax benefit		-	-			-	-			(6,509)	(1.3)
Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests		(26,623)	(8.7)			(28,057)	(5.6)			(26,486)	(5.6)
Change in valuation allowance		-	-			(1,233)	(0.2)			-	-
Federal and state tax credits		(3,972)	(1.3)			(2,185)	(0.4)			(3,788)	(0.8)
Other		2,577	0.9			364	0.1			483	0.1
Provision for income taxes and
effective tax rate for income from
continuing operations	$	88,594	29.0	%	$	157,502	31.3	%	$	137,653	29.1	%

Schedule of Components of Deferred Income Taxes



	December 31,
	2013				2012
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards	$	186,519	$	-	$	170,521	$	-
Property and equipment		-		820,035		-		762,387
Self-insurance liabilities		125,367		-		124,842		-
Intangibles		-		244,019		-		222,392
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		-		60,257		-		64,170
Other liabilities		-		23,767		-		22,468
Long-term debt and interest		-		21,256		-		28,920
Accounts receivable		-		86,044		-		38,503
Accrued expenses		53,011		-		55,203		-
Other comprehensive income		47,265		-		102,242		-
Stock-based compensation		22,813		-		31,504		-
Deferred compensation		73,042		-		58,509		-
Other		110,813		-		65,887		-
		618,830		1,255,378		608,708		1,138,840
Valuation allowance		(171,364)		-		(161,312)		-
Total deferred income taxes	$	447,466	$	1,255,378	$	447,396	$	1,138,840

Schedule of Reconciliation of the Total Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefit



	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Unrecognized tax benefit, beginning of year	$	682	$	629	$	7,458
Gross increases — tax positions in prior period		195		1,515		349
Reductions — tax positions in prior period		-		-		(3,469)
Lapse of statute of limitations		-		-		(3,575)
Settlements		(402)		(1,462)		(134)
Unrecognized tax benefit, end of year	$	475	$	682	$	629

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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