INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES For the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 25%, as compared to 15% in the corresponding period in fiscal 2015. The lower tax rate in the third quarter of fiscal 2015 was primarily due to discrete tax benefits from U.S. research credits and U.S. production activities, and foreign net operating loss benefit. For the first three quarters of fiscal 2016, the Company's effective income tax rate, after discrete items, was 21% as compared to 22% in the corresponding period in fiscal 2015. The decrease in the tax rate for the first three quarters of fiscal 2016 was primarily due to a one time discrete tax benefit from the APS divestiture in the second quarter of fiscal 2016, partially offset by the differences in the geographic mix of pre-tax income and a tax benefit from a closure of a foreign tax audit in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Historically, the Company's effective tax rate has been lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from operations in lower-tax jurisdictions. The Company has not provided U.S. taxes for all of such earnings due to the indefinite reinvestment of some of those earnings outside the U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state, and foreign income tax. The Company is currently in different stages of multiple year examinations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as well as various state and foreign taxing authorities. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company received a Notice of Proposed Adjustment from the IRS for the fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The proposed adjustments primarily relate to the valuations of intercompany transfers of acquired intellectual property. The assessments of tax, interest and penalties for the years in question total $67.0 million. The Company does not agree with the IRS position and filed a protest with the IRS Appeals Office in April 2015. The IRS appeals process commenced in March, 2016. While the Company and the IRS continue the appeals process, the Company has not changed its conclusions regarding its original filing positions. No payments have been made on the assessment, and the Company intends to continue to vigorously defend its position. Based on the information currently available, the Company does not anticipate a significant increase or decrease to its unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The unrecognized tax benefits of $60.3 million and $52.7 million as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and fiscal year end 2015, respectively, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods. Unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in Other non-current liabilities and in the deferred tax accounts in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company's practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company's unrecognized tax benefit liabilities include interest and penalties as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and fiscal year end 2015, of $8.6 million and $6.7 million, respectively, which were recorded in Other non-current liabilities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

INCOME TAXES

For the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 25%, as compared to 15% in the corresponding period in fiscal 2015. The lower tax rate in the third quarter of fiscal 2015 was primarily due to discrete tax benefits from U.S. research credits and U.S. production activities, and foreign net operating loss benefit. For the first three quarters of fiscal 2016, the Company's effective income tax rate, after discrete items, was 21% as compared to 22% in the corresponding period in fiscal 2015. The decrease in the tax rate for the first three quarters of fiscal 2016 was primarily due to a one time discrete tax benefit from the APS divestiture in the second quarter of fiscal 2016, partially offset by the differences in the geographic mix of pre-tax income and a tax benefit from a closure of a foreign tax audit in the first quarter of fiscal 2015.

Historically, the Company's effective tax rate has been lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from operations in lower-tax jurisdictions. The Company has not provided U.S. taxes for all of such earnings due to the indefinite reinvestment of some of those earnings outside the U.S.

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state, and foreign income tax. The Company is currently in different stages of multiple year examinations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as well as various state and foreign taxing authorities.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company received a Notice of Proposed Adjustment from the IRS for the fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The proposed adjustments primarily relate to the valuations of intercompany transfers of acquired intellectual property. The assessments of tax, interest and penalties for the years in question total $67.0 million. The Company does not agree with the IRS position and filed a protest with the IRS Appeals Office in April 2015. The IRS appeals process commenced in March, 2016. While the Company and the IRS continue the appeals process, the Company has not changed its conclusions regarding its original filing positions. No payments have been made on the assessment, and the Company intends to continue to vigorously defend its position.

Based on the information currently available, the Company does not anticipate a significant increase or decrease to its unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The unrecognized tax benefits of $60.3 million and $52.7 million as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and fiscal year end 2015, respectively, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods. Unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in Other non-current liabilities and in the deferred tax accounts in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company's practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company's unrecognized tax benefit liabilities include interest and penalties as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and fiscal year end 2015, of $8.6 million and $6.7 million, respectively, which were recorded in Other non-current liabilities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.