Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Schedule Of Significant Components Of The Provision For Income Taxes

Significant components of the provision for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):



Year ended January 31:	2016			2015			2014
Current:
Federal	$	71,502		$	32,988		$	42,040
State	5,989			1,626			2,799
Foreign	36,804			29,733			33,022
Total current	114,295			64,347			77,861
Deferred:
Federal	(3,984		)	6,391			(785		)
State	543			281			(79		)
Foreign	5,828			(7,007		)	(52,620		)
Total deferred	2,387			(335		)	(53,484		)
	$	116,682		$	64,012		$	24,377

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to the effective tax rate is as follows:



Year ended January 31:	2016		2015		2014
U.S. statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	1.1		0.5		0.8
Net changes in deferred tax valuation allowances	0.0		(4.5	)	(19.5	)
Tax on foreign earnings different than U.S. rate	(7.4	)	(11.8	)	(11.7	)
Nondeductible interest	1.6		4.0		6.4
Reserve established for foreign income tax contingencies	0.0		0.1		0.3
Effect of company-owned life insurance	0.2		(0.4	)	(0.6	)
Undistributed earnings on foreign assets held for sale	0.0		2.4		0.0
Other, net	0.0		1.5		1.2
	30.5	%	26.8	%	11.9	%

Schedule Of Components Of Pretax Income

The components of pretax income are as follows (in thousands):



Year ended January 31:	2016		2015		2014
United States	$	195,219	$	100,166	$	124,134
Foreign	187,199		139,018		80,175
	$	382,418	$	239,184	$	204,309

Schedule Of Significant Components Of Deferred Tax Liabilities And Assets

The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets are as follows (in thousands):



As of January 31:	2016			2015
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	$	53,939		$	60,235
Capitalized marketing program costs	6,547			5,420
Goodwill	8,545			6,050
Deferred costs currently deductible	5,415			7,605
Undistributed earnings on foreign assets held for sale	—			5,598
Other, net	5,938			7,796
Total deferred tax liabilities	80,384			92,704
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued liabilities	42,071			47,083
Loss carryforwards	103,647			96,199
Amortizable goodwill	5,315			7,930
Depreciation and amortization	6,502			7,132
Disallowed interest expense	5,140			31,898
Other, net	9,659			10,359
	172,334			200,601
Less: valuation allowances	(60,165		)	(71,499		)
Total deferred tax assets	112,169			129,102
Net deferred tax asset	$	31,785		$	36,398

Reconciliation Of The Total Amount Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding accrued interest and penalties, for the years ended January 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is as follows (in thousands):



Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 31, 2013	$	5,599
Increases in tax positions for prior years	1,956
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	(420		)
Increases in tax positions for current year	93
Expiration of statutes of limitation	(77		)
Settlements	(1,295		)
Changes due to translation of foreign currencies	3
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 31, 2014	5,859
Increases in tax positions for prior years	845
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	(730		)
Increases in tax positions for current year	105
Expiration of statutes of limitation	(63		)
Changes due to translation of foreign currencies	(891		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 31, 2015	5,125
Increases in tax positions for prior years	8,443
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	(348		)
Increases in tax positions for current year	106
Expiration of statutes of limitation	(77		)
Settlements	(104		)
Changes due to translation of foreign currencies	(156		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 31, 2016	$	12,989