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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
The amounts provided for income taxes are as follows:

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Current:
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. Federal
$
8,809

 
$
20,808

 
$
24,246

State
2,416

 
3,521

 
6,185

 
$
11,225

 
$
24,329

 
$
30,431

Deferred:
 

 
 

 
 

U.S. Federal
$
16,557

 
$
596

 
$
(5,779
)
State
5,469

 
(130
)
 
(1,557
)
 
22,026

 
466

 
(7,336
)
Total
$
33,251

 
$
24,795

 
$
23,095

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effect of temporary differences which give rise to a significant portion of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 
December 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Deferred Tax
Assets
 
Deferred Tax
Liabilities
 
Deferred Tax
Assets
 
Deferred Tax
Liabilities
Excess of tax basis over book-basis non-consolidated entities
$
6,721

 
$
12,911

 
$
4,434

 
$
3,582

Employee benefit accruals
20,768

 
9,090

 
19,539

 
9,378

Book/tax differences on fixed and Intangible assets

 
52,972

 

 
48,086

Book/tax differences on inventory

 
20,062

 

 
19,213

Book/tax differences on long-term investments

 
32,756

 

 
30,898

Impact of accounting on convertible debt
5,360

 
36,393

 
9,202

 
44,823

Impact of timing of settlement payments
33,485

 

 
56,551

 

Various U.S. state tax loss carryforwards
8,339

 

 
10,010

 

Other
10,581

 
39,126

 
8,231

 
27,404

Valuation allowance
(4,933
)
 

 
(6,014
)
 

 
$
80,321

 
$
203,310

 
$
101,953

 
$
183,384

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
Differences between the amounts provided for income taxes and amounts computed at the federal statutory tax rate are summarized as follows:

 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Income before income taxes
$
82,487

 
$
63,487

 
$
53,717

Federal income tax expense at statutory rate
28,871

 
22,221

 
18,801

Increases (decreases) resulting from:
 
 
 

 
 

State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefits
4,817

 
2,204

 
3,009

Impact of non-controlling interest
(4,290
)
 
88

 

Non-deductible expenses
2,581

 
2,698

 
3,311

Impact of domestic production deduction
(248
)
 
(1,889
)
 
(2,026
)
Tax credits
(275
)
 
(433
)
 

Inclusion of tax liabilities from unincorporated entities
1,374

 

 

Changes in valuation allowance, net of equity and tax audit adjustments
421

 
(94
)
 

Income tax expense
$
33,251

 
$
24,795

 
$
23,095


Summary of Income Tax Contingencies
The following table summarizes the activity related to the unrecognized tax benefits:

Balance at January 1, 2012
$
6,597

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
588

Expirations of the statute of limitations
(916
)
Balance at December 31, 2012
6,269

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
179

Settlements
(250
)
Expirations of the statute of limitations
(3,076
)
Balance at December 31, 2013
3,122

Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
318

Settlements
(442
)
Expirations of the statute of limitations
(1,254
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
1,744