INCOME TAX (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

United States and Foreign 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, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

In thousands
	2012		2011		2010
United States	$	357,076	$	307,909	$	273,891
International		60,121		64,415		57,962
Total income before income taxes	$	417,197	$	372,324	$	331,853

Significant Components of Income Tax Expense

Significant components of our income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

In thousands
	2012			2011		2010
Current
United States—federal	$	95,864		$	99,481	$	72,733
United States—state and local		14,034			10,205		9,356
International		17,192			11,906		15,864
		127,090			121,592		97,953
Deferred
United States—federal		25,028			7,690		19,834
United States—state and local		3,881			2,589		3,254
International		(8,743	)		3,110		355
		20,166			13,389		23,443
Total provision	$	147,256		$	134,981	$	121,396

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, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
Federal statutory income tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Effect of:
State and local taxes, net of federal tax effect		2.9	%		2.2	%		2.5	%
Foreign tax rates		(1.2	)%		(1.6	)%		(1.2	)%
Other		(1.4	)%		0.7	%		0.3	%
Effective tax rate		35.3	%		36.3	%		36.6	%

Deferred Tax Liabilities and Assets

Our deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

In thousands
	2012			2011
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment	$	(37,112	)	$	(34,699	)
Goodwill and intangibles		(357,453	)		(318,624	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(394,565	)		(353,323	)
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued liabilities		24,251			22,124
Other		23,896			22,296
Net operating tax loss carry-forwards		12,973			18,259
Less: operating tax loss valuation allowance		(3,340	)		(3,775	)
Total deferred tax assets		57,780			58,904
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(336,785	)	$	(294,419	)

Changes in Unrecognized Tax Positions

The following table summarizes the changes in unrecognized tax positions during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:

In thousands
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2010	$	9,239
Gross increases—tax positions in prior period		242
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior period		0
Gross increases—current period tax positions		2,609
Settlement		(108	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(1,210	)
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2011	$	10,772
Gross increases—tax positions in prior period		2,284
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior period		0
Gross increases—current period tax positions		4,119
Settlement		0
Lapse of statute of limitations		(1,071	)
Unrecognized tax positions, December 31, 2012	$	16,104