Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Before Income Taxes

Income before income taxes from continuing operations consisted of the following: 

	Year ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Domestic	$	1,307,299		$	1,083,578		$	1,725,822
International	(111,860		)	(35,100		)	(326,036		)
	$	1,195,439		$	1,048,478		$	1,399,786

Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax expense for continuing operations consisted of the following:

	Year ended December 31,
	2019			2018		2017
Current:
Federal	$	208,339		$	140,064	$	330,191
State	58,026			32,990		47,228
International	15,545			7,557		3,422
Total current income tax	281,910			180,611		380,841
Deferred:
Federal	44,263			52,034		(98,760		)
State	(25,836		)	21,096		37,347
International	(20,709		)	4,659		4,431
Total deferred income tax	(2,282		)	77,789		(56,982		)
	$	279,628		$	258,400	$	323,859

Schedule of Allocation of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income taxes are allocated between continuing and discontinued operations as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Continuing operations	$	279,628	$	258,400	$	323,859
Discontinued operations	40,689		99,768		(364,856		)
	$	320,317	$	358,168	$	(40,997	)

Reconciliation between U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective Tax Rate

The reconciliation between the Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations and the U.S. federal income tax rate is as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Federal income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.3		4.1		3.7
Change in International valuation allowance	1.3		0.9		0.4
Gain on APAC JV ownership changes	—		—		(0.2	)
Political advocacy costs	0.2		2.3		—
APAC investment impairment	—		—		6.4
Impact of 2017 Tax Act	—		(0.1	)	(20.5	)
Unrecognized tax benefits	2.4		0.2		0.1
Other	1.1		0.8		1.5
Impact of noncontrolling interests primarily attributable to non-tax paying entities	(4.9	)	(4.6	)	(3.3	)
Effective tax rate	23.4	%	24.6	%	23.1	%

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Arising from Temporary Differences

Deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from temporary differences for continuing operations were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
Receivables	$	19,095		$	19,327
Accrued liabilities	64,458			106,506
Operating lease liabilities	580,110			—
Net operating loss carryforwards	139,690			117,511
Other	55,108			36,712
Deferred tax assets	858,461			280,056
Valuation allowance	(91,925		)	(70,474		)
Net deferred tax assets	766,536			209,582
Intangible assets	(563,914		)	(555,822		)
Property and equipment	(162,628		)	(118,008		)
Operating lease assets	(527,056		)	—
Investments in partnerships	(64,960		)	(67,354		)
Other	(25,521		)	(30,934		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(1,344,079		)	(772,118		)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(577,543	)	$	(562,536	)

Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Liability for Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Do Not Meet the More-Likely-Than-Not Threshold

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for unrecognized tax benefits that do not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold is as follows:

	Year ended December 31,
	2019			2018
Beginning balance	$	40,382		$	32,776
Additions for tax positions related to current year	3,378			6,111
Additions for tax positions related to prior years	24,722			4,134
Reductions related to lapse of applicable statute	(268		)	(338		)
Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities	—			(2,301		)
Ending balance	$	68,214		$	40,382