Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The provision for income taxes consists of the following components (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Current:
Federal	$	138,432		$	144,924		$	115,150
State	25,952			24,052			20,869
Foreign	32,931			29,046			23,906
	$	197,315		$	198,022		$	159,925
Deferred:
Federal	$	22,233		$	9,321		$	6,225
State	1,212			(179		)	(550		)
Foreign	(1,057		)	(2,900		)	(1,396		)
	$	22,388		$	6,242		$	4,279
Provision for income taxes	$	219,703		$	204,264		$	164,204

Schedule Of Income Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

Income taxes have been based on the following components of income before provision for income taxes (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Domestic	$	478,819	$	460,637	$	361,283
Foreign	170,211		127,251		114,544
	$	649,030	$	587,888	$	475,827

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The U.S. federal statutory rate is reconciled to the effective tax rate as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
U.S. federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of state credits and federal tax impact	2.9	%	2.8	%	2.9	%
Impact of international operations	(4.1	)%	(3.6	)%	(3.7	)%
Non-deductible expenses	0.8	%	0.5	%	0.9	%
Federal production incentives and credits	(0.2	)%	(0.2	)%	(0.3	)%
Other, net	(0.5	)%	0.2	%	(0.3	)%
Effective tax rate	33.9	%	34.7	%	34.5	%

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2015			2014
Deferred Tax Assets:
Inventory	$	27,184		$	33,452
Accrued expenses and reserves	46,837			40,349
Accounts receivable	13,971			12,894
Stock-based compensation	11,096			11,978
Qualified and nonqualified retirement plans	14,130			14,049
Net operating loss carryforwards	8,946			6,744
Tax credit carryforwards	3,189			4,424
Other	5,023			8,275
	130,376			132,165
Less valuation allowance	(3,880		)	(5,239		)
Total deferred tax assets	$	126,496		$	126,926
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Goodwill and other intangible assets	$	141,442		$	121,728
Property and equipment	67,065			60,215
Trade name	36,532			43,325
Other	5,342			5,988
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	250,381		$	231,256
Net deferred tax liability	$	(123,885	)	$	(104,330	)

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities Classification

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Noncurrent deferred tax assets	$	3,354	$	2,608
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities	127,239		106,938

Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Rollforward

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

	2015			2014			2013
Balance at January 1	$	2,630		$	1,445		$	1,693
Additions for acquired tax positions	80			2,322			—
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	302			302			302
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(743		)	—			—
Lapse of statutes of limitations	(119		)	(134		)	(550		)
Settlements with taxing authorities	—			(1,182		)	—
Currency exchange rate fluctuations	123			(123		)	—
Balance at December 31	$	2,273		$	2,630		$	1,445