Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

Our uncertain tax benefits, and changes thereto, during 2014, 2013, and 2012 were as follows: 

	2014			2013			2012
Balance at January 1,	$	3,419		$	3,530		$	3,746
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	490			516			600
Additions based on tax positions of prior years	—			—			—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(477		)	(567		)	(570		)
Settlements	(328		)	(60		)	(246		)
Balance at December 31,	$	3,104		$	3,419		$	3,530

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation between the “statutory” federal income tax rate and the effective tax rate in the consolidated statements of income is as follows: 

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
“Statutory” federal tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	3.5		3.6		3.9
Other, net	1.8		1.2		1.6
Effective tax rate	40.3	%	39.8	%	40.5	%

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

The components of income before taxes and the provision for income taxes recorded in the consolidated statements of income are as follows: 

	For the Years Ended
Components of Income before Taxes	2014		2013		2012
Domestic	$	136,656	$	127,858	$	133,300
Foreign	10,155		7,093		12,148
Income before taxes	$	146,811	$	134,951	$	145,448

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense Benefit

	For the Years Ended
Components of Income Tax Provision	2014			2013			2012
Current expense
U.S. Federal	$	44,713		$	47,790		$	38,642
State	7,266			7,066			6,848
Foreign	3,058			2,217			3,366
Total current expense	$	55,037		$	57,073		$	48,856
Deferred (benefit) expense
U.S. Federal	$	4,049		(2,983		)	9,090
State	47			(458		)	786
Foreign	(8		)	45			118
Total deferred (benefit) expense	$	4,088		$	(3,396	)	$	9,994
Total income tax provision	$	59,125		$	53,677		$	58,850

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The following deferred tax assets (liabilities) were recorded at December 31: 

Assets (Liabilities)	2014			2013
Postretirement benefits	$	29,736		$	29,260
Payroll accruals	2,912			3,114
Bad debt reserves	2,106			2,094
Other deferred tax assets	8,623			9,820
Pension	42,836			41,682
Inventory	3,351			4,597
Subtotal	89,564			90,567
less: valuation allowances	(393		)	(279		)
Deferred tax assets	89,171			90,288
Fixed assets	(33,857		)	(33,988		)
Computer software	(3,904		)	(3,775		)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(1,974		)	(1,868		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(39,735		)	(39,631		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	49,436		$	50,657

Deferred income taxes included in current and non-current assets (liabilities) at December 31 were: 

	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets included in other current assets	$	2,777		$	5,936
Deferred tax assets included in other non-current assets	47,024			45,135
Deferred tax liabilities included in other current liabilities	(365		)	(414		)

Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards

Operating loss carryforwards included in net deferred tax assets at December 31 were:

	2014		2013
Foreign net operating losses(1)	$	363	$	232
State net operating losses(2)	759		1,165

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