INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

United States and International Components of Income Before Income Taxes

The U.S. and International components of income before income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:

In thousands
	2013		2012		2011
United States	$	407,315	$	357,076	$	307,909
International	70,431		60,121		64,415
Total income before income taxes	$	477,746	$	417,197	$	372,324

Significant Components of Income Tax Expense

Significant components of our income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

In thousands
	2013			2012			2011
Current
United States - federal	$	103,751		$	95,864		$	99,481
United States - state and local	11,683			14,034			10,205
International	24,486			17,192			11,906
	139,920			127,090			121,592
Deferred
United States - federal	31,808			25,028			7,690
United States - state and local	5,510			3,881			2,589
International	(10,246		)	(8,743		)	4,879
International - changes in statutory rates	(2,330		)	—			(1,769		)
	24,742			20,166			13,389
Total provision	$	164,662		$	147,256		$	134,981

Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision Computed at Federal Statutory Rate to Effective Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the income tax provision computed at the federal statutory rate to the effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

	2013		2012		2011
Federal statutory income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Effect of:
State and local taxes, net of federal tax effect	2.3	%	2.9	%	2.2	%
Foreign tax rates	(0.8	)%	(1.2	)%	(1.6	)%
Other	(2.0	)%	(1.4	)%	0.7	%
Effective tax rate	34.5	%	35.3	%	36.3	%

Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets

Our deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

In thousands
	2013			2012
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment	$	(43,280	)	$	(37,112	)
Goodwill and intangibles	(387,942		)	(357,453		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(431,222		)	(394,565		)
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued liabilities	20,415			24,251
Other	25,625			23,896
Net operating tax loss carry-forwards	8,097			12,973
Less: valuation allowances	(1,122		)	(3,340		)
Total deferred tax assets	53,015			57,780
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(378,207	)	$	(336,785	)

Changes in Unrecognized Tax Positions

The following table summarizes the changes in unrecognized tax positions during the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:

In thousands
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2011	$	10,772
Gross increases - tax positions in prior period	2,284
Gross decreases - tax positions in prior period	—
Gross increases - current period tax positions	4,119
Settlement	—
Lapse of statute of limitations	(1,071		)
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2012	$	16,104
Gross increases - tax positions in prior period	267
Gross decreases - tax positions in prior period	(1,129		)
Gross increases - current period tax positions	2,514
Settlement	—
Lapse of statute of limitations	(2,846		)
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2013	$	14,910