Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Components Of Income Before Provision For Income Taxes

(in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016		September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
United States	$	37,223	$	17,091	$	160,839
Foreign	198,681		228,691		115,260
Total	$	235,904	$	245,782	$	276,099

Schedule Of Provision For Income Taxes



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 25, 2015			September 26, 2014
Current:
Federal	$	19,226		$	24,262		$	20,533
State	521			130			543
Foreign	52,492			52,461			52,999
Total current	72,239			76,853			74,075

Deferred:
Federal	(19,540		)	(9,593		)	(2,345		)
State	(3,451		)	(3,686		)	(3,544		)
Foreign	254			(1,032		)	(807		)
Total deferred	(22,737		)	(14,311		)	(6,696		)
Provision for income taxes	$	49,502		$	62,542		$	67,379

Schedule of Withholding Taxes

The foreign current tax provision includes this withholding tax expense while the appropriate foreign tax credit benefit is included in current federal and foreign tax provision. Withholding taxes were as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016		September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Withholding taxes	$	45,151	$	45,372	$	47,131

Summary Of Tax Effects Of The Temporary Differences Between Carrying Amounts And Amounts Used For Tax

A summary of the tax effects of the temporary differences were as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 25, 2015
Deferred income tax assets:
Investments	$	972		$	977
Inventories	7,855			8,800
Net operating loss	2,818			1,406
Accrued expenses	16,497			16,843
Stock-based compensation	31,397			32,359
Revenue recognition	54,043			52,282
Intangibles	—			401
Depreciation and amortization	26,364			6,443
Research and development credits	12,837			7,977
Foreign tax credits	9,727			11,119
Translation adjustment	1,223			719
Other	9,473			9,092
Total gross deferred income tax assets	173,206			148,418
Less: valuation allowance	—			—
Total deferred income tax assets	173,206			148,418

Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangibles	(2,014		)	—
International earnings	(4,097		)	(4,646		)
Unrealized gain on investments	(305		)	(493		)
Deferred income tax assets, net (non-current)	$	166,790		$	143,279

Reconciliation Of Federal Statutory Tax Rate To Our Effective Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate to our effective tax rate on income from continuing operations was as follows:



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016		September 25, 2015		September 26, 2014
Federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal effect	0.7		0.7		0.6
Stock-based compensation expense rate	1.5		1.7		1.4
Research and development tax credits	(5.2	)	(3.0	)	(1.6	)
Tax exempt interest	(0.1	)	(0.2	)	(0.2	)
U.S. manufacturing tax incentives	(1.1	)	(0.3	)	(2.0	)
Foreign rate differential	(9.5	)	(9.1	)	(8.9	)
Audit settlements	(2.3	)	—		—
Other	2.0		0.6		0.1
Effective tax rate	21.0	%	25.4	%	24.4	%

Aggregate Changes In Balance Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Interest And Penalties

Aggregate changes in the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, were as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016			September 25, 2015			September 26, 2014
Beginning Balance	$	65,161		$	31,351		$	32,468
Gross increases - tax positions taken during prior years	4,343			507			333
Gross increases - tax positions taken during current year	26,585			34,293			2,916
Gross decreases - settlements with tax authorities during current year	(20,086		)	—			—
Lapse of statute of limitations	(835		)	(990		)	(4,366		)
Ending Balance	$	75,168		$	65,161		$	31,351

Schedule of Accrued Interest and Penalties on Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Our accrued interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2016 and September 25, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 30, 2016		September 25, 2015
Accrued interest	$	1,936	$	2,977
Accrued penalties	53		589
Total	$	1,989	$	3,566