Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes And Effective Tax Rates

The following table presents the provision (benefit) for income taxes and the effective tax rates:


	Three Months Ended July 31,						Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Income before income taxes	$	61,085		$	55,967		$	158,403		$	165,558
Provision (benefit) for income tax	$	(14,571	)	$	3,885		$	5,082		$	(15,864	)
Effective tax rate		(23.9	)%		6.9	%		3.2	%		(9.6	)%

Subsidiaries Remain Subject to Tax Examination

The Company’s subsidiaries remain subject to tax examination in the following jurisdictions:


Jurisdiction		Year(s) Subject to Examination
Hungary		Fiscal 2011
Taiwan and Japan		Fiscal years after 2006

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of income tax examinations that an enterprise is currently subject to or that have been completed in the current period typically including a description of the examination, the jurisdiction conducting the examination, the tax year(s) under examination, the likelihood of an unfavorable settlement, the range of possible losses, the liability recorded, the increase or decrease in the liability from the prior period, and any penalties and interest that have been recorded.

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