INCOME TAXES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits

	As of
	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(Dollars In Thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	105,881		$	75,292
Additions for tax positions of the current year	6,898			7,465
Additions for tax positions of prior years	41,109			26,386
Reductions of tax positions of prior years:
Changes in judgment	(9,294		)	(2,740		)
Settlements during the period	—			—
Lapses of applicable statue of limitations	—			(522		)
Balance, end of period	$	144,594		$	105,881

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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