Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 28, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of income tax contingencies

The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions, including positions which impact only the timing of tax benefits for the years ended November 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

	2015			2014			2013
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 1,	$	2,487		$	2,155		$	2,209
Additions for current period tax positions	388			465			668
Additions related to acquired tax positions	1,052			—			—
Additions for prior period tax positions	321			40			—
Reductions for prior period tax positions	—			—			(40		)
Reductions for lapse of statute of limitations/settlements	(401		)	(240		)	(431		)
Changes in interest and penalties	12			67			(251		)
Unrecognized tax benefits at November 30,	$	3,859		$	2,487		$	2,155

Schedule of provisions for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of:

	2015			2014			2013
Current:
Federal	$	51,116		$	56,764		$	34,414
State	5,515			4,760			2,918
Foreign	10,209			10,112			9,096
Deferred:
Federal	(1,923		)	(4,102		)	8,676
State	(1,051		)	(359		)	(165		)
Foreign	(814		)	205			1,011
	$	63,052		$	67,380		$	55,950

Schedule of earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests

Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interests included the following components:

	2015		2014		2013
Domestic income	$	160,287	$	166,101	$	141,224
Foreign income	37,678		45,462		33,076
	$	197,965	$	211,563	$	174,300

Schedule of effective tax rate breakdown

The provision for income taxes resulted in effective tax rates that differ from the statutory federal income tax rates.  The reasons for these differences are as follows:

	Percent of Pre-Tax Earnings
	2015		2014		2013
Statutory U.S. tax rates	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	1.3		1.3		1.0
Tax credits	(0.7	)	(0.2	)	(0.6	)
Foreign taxes at different rates, net of credits	(1.9	)	(2.3	)	(1.6	)
Domestic production activities deduction	(2.8	)	(2.7	)	(2.2	)
Other, net	1.0		0.7		0.5
	31.9	%	31.8	%	32.1	%

Components of net deferred tax liabilities

The components of the net deferred tax liability as of November 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

	2015			2014
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred compensation	$	11,294		$	9,074
Loss carryforward and tax credit items	30,507			19,620
Accounts receivable	7,842			6,538
Inventories	6,390			5,484
Pensions	9,619			10,019
Accrued liabilities and other	7,427			6,999
Valuation allowance	(10,855		)	(1,268		)
Total deferred tax assets, net	62,224			56,466
Deferred tax liabilities:
Percentage of completion	(1,866		)	(740		)
Plant assets	(22,615		)	(24,818		)
Goodwill and acquired intangible assets	(98,713		)	(97,179		)
Other deferred tax liabilities	(287		)	(230		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(123,481		)	(122,967		)
Deferred tax liability, net	$	(61,257	)	$	(66,501	)