INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

Income (Loss) before income taxes consisted of the following:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016		2015
	(In thousands)
United States operations	$	(32,640	)	$	51,351	$	37,450
Foreign operations	44,025			39,055		23,221
Total	$	11,385		$	90,406	$	60,671

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the U.S. Federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from:
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	(17.0	)%	(0.2	)%	1.3	%
Foreign operations	(112.7	)%	(10.0	)%	(12.5	)%
Spine valuation allowance	—	%	—	%	61.1	%
Excess tax benefits from stock compensation	(57.9	)%	(3.9	)%	—	%
Charitable contributions	(10.6	)%	(0.4	)%	(1.0	)%
Nondeductible meals and entertainment	8.8	%	0.8	%	0.9	%
Domestic production activities deduction	—	%	(2.6	)%	(2.4	)%
Intercompany profit in inventory	11.6	%	1.0	%	3.1	%
Nondeductible facilitative costs	22.5	%	0.2	%	3.1	%
Changes in valuation allowances	8.0	%	0.4	%	0.3	%
Uncertain tax positions	(4.6	)%	(0.3	)%	0.2	%
Research and development credit	(13.2	)%	(1.2	)%	(1.9	)%
Return to provision	(4.3	)%	(1.5	)%	1.7	%
Reduction of book gain on sale of assets	(4.6	)%	—	%	—	%
Tax reform — Toll Tax	48.1	%	—	%	—	%
Tax reform — remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities	(378.6	)%	—	%	—	%
Other	0.8	%	0.2	%	(0.2	)%
Effective tax rate	(468.7	)%	17.5	%	88.7	%

Schedule Of Provision For Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(In thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	6,644		$	13,700		$	46,665
State	1,233			2,503			2,301
Foreign	6,069			6,113			5,205
Total current	$	13,946		$	22,316		$	54,171
Deferred:
Federal	(66,466		)	(3,400		)	1,282
State	(758		)	(1,751		)	(394		)
Foreign	(80		)	(1,323		)	(1,239		)
Total deferred	$	(67,304	)	$	(6,474	)	$	(351	)
Provision for income taxes	$	(53,358	)	$	15,842		$	53,820

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

The income tax effects of significant temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities, shown before jurisdictional netting, are presented below:

	December 31,
	2017			2016
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Doubtful accounts	$	1,811		$	2,344
Inventory related items	29,266			30,074
Tax credits	6,015			1,040
Accrued vacation	2,556			3,264
Accrued bonus	997			7,842
Stock compensation	10,426			16,031
Deferred revenue	2,395			2,345
Net operating loss carryforwards	37,492			15,058
Unrealized foreign exchange loss	1,177			96
Charitable contributions carryforward	1,287			5
Others	3,077			128
Total deferred tax assets	96,499			78,227
Less valuation allowance	(7,961		)	(3,604		)
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance	$	88,538		$	74,623
Liabilities:
Intangible and fixed assets	(146,327		)	(215,438		)
Others	(1,091		)	(1,191		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	(147,418	)	$	(216,629	)
Total net deferred tax liabilities	$	(58,880	)	$	(142,006	)

Schedule Of Uncertain Tax Benefits Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of uncertain tax benefits is as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	754		$	1,085		$	959
Gross increases:
Current year tax positions	402			—			—
Prior years' tax positions	—			380			541
Gross decreases:
Prior years' tax positions	(777		)	(546		)	—
Settlements	—			—			—
Statute of limitations lapses	(17		)	(131		)	(404		)
Other	62			(34		)	(11		)
Balance, end of year	$	424		$	754		$	1,085