Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of the Company's income tax provision are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Current provision:
State	$	3,772	$	4,059	$	3,595
Foreign	81		—		466
	3,853		4,059		4,061
Deferred provision:
Federal	39,537		50,544		32,229
State	2,179		3,301		3,087
	41,716		53,845		35,316
	$	45,569	$	57,904	$	39,377

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the amounts computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before income taxes to the amounts recorded in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income is summarized as follows (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Amounts computed at statutory federal rate	$	(195,259	)	$	(45,280	)	$	(97,405	)
Non-deductible expenses	282			477			376
State income tax expense, net of federal income tax impact	4,684			5,944			5,708
Net tax benefit related to joint ventures	(1,496		)	(6,737		)	(2,856		)
Non-deductible share-based compensation	3,637			5,776			6,623
Other	—			—			(2,936		)
Change in valuation allowance	233,721			97,724			129,867
	$	45,569		$	57,904		$	39,377

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of the Company's deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	As of December 31,
	2013			2012
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	1,197,188		$	1,008,492
Wireless licenses	8,492			13,291
Capital loss carryforwards	14			—
Reserves and allowances	8,563			13,990
Share-based compensation	27,423			29,698
Deferred charges	54,026			49,898
Investments and deferred tax on unrealized losses	19,147			395
Intangible assets	12,473			15,502
Goodwill	26,245			28,546
Other	2,083			2,156
Gross deferred tax assets	1,355,654			1,161,968
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(148,214		)	(222,260		)
Other	(5,067		)	(242		)
Net deferred tax assets	1,202,373			939,466
Valuation allowance	(1,200,585		)	(937,568		)
Other deferred tax liabilities:
Wireless licenses	(422,202		)	(378,876		)
Investment in joint ventures	—			(1,653		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(420,414	)	$	(378,631	)

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as follows (in thousands):



	As of December 31,
	2013			2012
Current deferred tax assets (included in other current assets)	$	4,032		$	6,480
Long-term deferred tax liabilities	(424,446		)	(385,111		)
	$	(420,414	)	$	(378,631	)