Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income (loss) before income taxes

	Years Ended July 31,
	2012			2011		2010
United States	$	42,597		$	29,913	$	4,423
Other Nations		(19,847	)		114,145		104,979
Total	$	22,750		$	144,058	$	109,402

Income tax expense

	Years Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Current income tax expense:
United States	$	8,781		$	5,784		$	474
Other Nations		39,272			37,384			32,800
States (U.S.)		2,287			399			1,006
		50,340			43,567			34,280
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense:
United States		(1,480	)		(5,161	)		(4,604	)
Other Nations		(7,325	)		(3,746	)		(1,942	)
States (U.S.)		(874	)		746			(288	)
		(9,679	)		(8,161	)		(6,834	)
Total	$	40,661		$	35,406		$	27,446

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

	July 31, 2012
	Assets			Liabilities			Total
Inventories	$	4,984		$	(4	)	$	4,980
Prepaid catalog costs		13			(3,520	)		(3,507	)
Employee benefits		2,980			(4	)		2,976
Accounts receivable		1,370			(11	)		1,359
Other, net		7,267			(3,221	)		4,046
Current		16,614			(6,760	)		9,854
Fixed Assets		2,146			(5,703	)		(3,557	)
Intangible Assets		1,885			(39,561	)		(37,676	)
Capitalized R&D expenditures		2,047			—			2,047
Deferred compensation		27,122			—			27,122
Postretirement benefits		7,429			—			7,429
Tax credit carry-forwards and net operating losses		68,148			—			68,148
Less valuation allowance		(25,847	)		—			(25,847	)
Other, net		156			(7,146	)		(6,990	)
Noncurrent		83,086			(52,410	)		30,676
Total	$	99,700		$	(59,170	)	$	40,530

	July 31, 2011
	Assets			Liabilities			Total
Inventories	$	5,328		$	(37	)	$	5,291
Prepaid catalog costs		18			(3,038	)		(3,020	)
Employee benefits		892			—			892
Accounts receivable		1,979			(75	)		1,904
Other, net		8,429			(2,363	)		6,066
Current		16,646			(5,513	)		11,133
Fixed Assets		2,189			(7,672	)		(5,483	)
Intangible Assets		1,964			(33,798	)		(31,834	)
Capitalized R&D expenditures		2,807			—			2,807
Deferred compensation		23,654			—			23,654
Postretirement benefits		6,764			—			6,764
Tax credit carry-forwards and net operating losses		62,638			—			62,638
Less valuation allowance		(27,476	)		—			(27,476	)
Other, net		2,453			—			2,453
Noncurrent		74,993			(41,470	)		33,523
Total	$	91,639		$	(46,983	)	$	44,656

Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rate

	Years Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2010
Tax at statutory rate Goodwill impairment		35.0 178.0	%  %		35.0 0.0	%  %		35.0 0.0	%  %
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		0.7	%		0.0	%		0.6	%
International rate differential		(43.3	)%		(6.3	)%		(9.8	)%
Non-creditable withholding taxes		14.3	%		0.8	%		1.8	%
Rate variances arising from foreign subsidiary distributions		(39.9	)%		(6.5	)%		(2.6	)%
Adjustments to tax accruals and reserves		58.5	%		3.8	%		(0.5	)%
Research and development tax credits and section 199 manufacturer’s deduction		(6.4	)%		(1.1	)%		(0.3	)%
Foreign tax credit carryforward adjustments		(21.1	)%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Other, net		2.9	%		(1.1	)%		0.9	%
Effective tax rate		178.7	%		24.6	%		25.1	%

Uncertain Tax Positions

Balance at July 31, 2009	$	19,462
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		1,989
Additions for tax positions of prior years		3,934
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(6,672	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(194	)
Settlements with tax authorities		(1,054	)
Cumulative Translation Adjustments and other		203
Balance at July 31, 2010	$	17,668
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		5,147
Additions for tax positions of prior years		2,387
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(291	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(2,803	)
Settlements with tax authorities		(728	)
Cumulative Translation Adjustments and other		963
Balance at July 31, 2011	$	22,343
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		6,983
Additions for tax positions of prior years		9,460
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(949	)
Settlements with tax authorities		—
Cumulative Translation Adjustments and other		(1,305	)
Balance at July 31, 2012	$	36,532

Open tax years for Company's major jurisdictions

Jurisdiction	Open Tax Years
United States — Federal	F’09 — F’12
France	F’12
Germany	F’06 — F’12
United Kingdom	F’09 — F’12