(5) Income Taxes

The provisions for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Fiscal Years
	2015		2014		2013
Current:
Federal	$	74,289	$	68,722	$	53,089
State		9,550		7,031		4,643
Canadian		437		1,199		683

Total current	$	84,276	$	76,952	$	58,415

Deferred:
Federal	$	6,524	$	5,234	$	5,758
State		268		200		284

Total deferred	$	6,792	$	5,434	$	6,042

Income taxes	$	91,068	$	82,386	$	64,457

Temporary differences and carryforwards which gave rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):


	Dec. 26, 2015		Dec. 27, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	3,832	$	3,623
Share-based payments		2,894		2,939
Self-insured claims		4,132		5,353
Other		3,836		3,616

Total deferred tax assets	$	14,694	$	15,531

Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	52,547	$	46,745
Goodwill		5,877		5,619
Other		2,087		2,192

Total deferred tax liabilities	$	60,511	$	54,556

Net deferred tax liability	$	45,817	$	39,025

Income from discontinued operations included a deferred tax benefit of $1,342,000 in 2013.

The following table summarizes the differences between income taxes calculated at the federal income tax rate of 35% on income from continuing operations before income taxes and the provisions for income taxes (in thousands):


	Fiscal Years
	2015			2014			2013
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	83,565		$	77,418		$	60,683
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		7,201			4,532			3,260
Meals and entertainment exclusion		946			777			919
Share-based payments		(61	)		(239	)		184
Other, net		(583	)		(102	)		(589	)

Income taxes	$	91,068		$	82,386		$	64,457

The Company files a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return. The Company or its subsidiaries file state tax returns in the majority of the U.S. state tax jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company and its subsidiaries are no longer subject to U.S. federal or state income tax examinations by tax authorities for 2011 and prior years. The Company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Landstar Canada, Inc., is subject to Canadian income and other taxes.

As of December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014, the Company had $1,899,000 and $1,836,000, respectively, of net unrecognized tax benefits representing the provision for the uncertainty of certain tax positions plus a component of interest and penalties. Estimated interest and penalties on the provision for the uncertainty of certain tax positions is included in income tax expense. At December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 there was $727,000 and $744,000, respectively, accrued for estimated interest and penalties related to the uncertainty of certain tax positions. The Company does not currently anticipate any significant increase or decrease to the unrecognized tax benefit during fiscal year 2016.

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):


	Fiscal Years
	2015			2014
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — beginning of the year	$	2,620		$	2,261
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		482			373
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		340			310
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(195	)		(109	)
Settlements		—			(34	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(543	)		(181	)

Gross unrecognized tax benefits — end of the year	$	2,704		$	2,620

Landstar paid income taxes of $74,619,000 in fiscal year 2015, $98,506,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $64,255,000 in fiscal year 2013.