Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

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:	2017			2016			2015
Current tax expense:
Federal	$	37,724		$	71,502		$	32,988
State	4,030			5,989			1,626
Foreign	30,914			36,804			29,733
Total current tax expense	72,668			114,295			64,347
Deferred tax (benefit) expense:
Federal	(8,380		)	(3,984		)	6,391
State	(799		)	543			281
Foreign	(1,823		)	5,828			(7,007		)
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense	(11,002		)	2,387			(335		)
	$	61,666		$	116,682		$	64,012

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:	2017		2016		2015
U.S. statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	0.8		1.1		0.5
Net changes in deferred tax valuation allowances	(3.4	)	0.0		(4.5	)
Tax on foreign earnings different than U.S. rate	(9.9	)	(7.4	)	(11.8	)
Nondeductible interest	2.1		1.6		4.0
Reserve established for foreign income tax contingencies	0.5		0.0		0.1
Effect of company-owned life insurance	(0.7	)	0.2		(0.4	)
Undistributed earnings on foreign assets held for sale	0.0		0.0		2.4
Other, net	(0.4	)	0.0		1.5
	24.0	%	30.5	%	26.8	%

Schedule Of Components Of Pretax Income

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

Year ended January 31:	2017		2016		2015
United States	$	92,067	$	195,219	$	100,166
Foreign	164,694		187,199		139,018
	$	256,761	$	382,418	$	239,184

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:	2017			2016
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	$	48,910		$	53,939
Capitalized marketing program costs	7,525			6,547
Goodwill	7,581			8,545
Deferred costs currently deductible	4,110			5,415
Other, net	5,241			5,938
Total deferred tax liabilities	73,367			80,384
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued liabilities	41,509			42,071
Loss carryforwards	92,338			103,647
Amortizable goodwill	2,191			5,315
Depreciation and amortization	4,547			6,502
Disallowed interest expense	6,249			5,140
Acquisition and transaction related costs	5,605			—
Other, net	10,928			9,659
	163,367			172,334
Less: valuation allowances	(46,764		)	(60,165		)
Total deferred tax assets	116,603			112,169
Net deferred tax asset	$	43,236		$	31,785

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, 2017, 2016 and 2015 is as follows (in thousands):

For the year ended January 31:	2017			2016			2015
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of period	$	12,989		$	5,125		$	5,859
Increases in tax positions for prior years	5,443			8,443			845
Decreases in tax positions for prior years	(118		)	(348		)	(730		)
Increases in tax positions for current year	1,022			106			105
Expiration of statutes of limitation	(292		)	(77		)	(63		)
Settlements	(370		)	(104		)	—
Changes due to translation of foreign currencies	(369		)	(156		)	(891		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at end of period	$	18,305		$	12,989		$	5,125