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Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Components of Income Before Tax
The components of income before provision for income taxes were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
U.S.
$
273,176

 
$
233,247

 
$
408,391

Foreign
186,270

 
223,377

 
71,385

Income before provision for income taxes
$
459,446

 
$
456,624

 
$
479,776

 
 
Schedule of Provision for Income Tax
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Current tax provision (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
89,816

 
$
70,298

 
$
153,471

State
6,238

 
(1,750
)
 
4,978

Foreign
39,952

 
62,572

 
13,259

Deferred tax provision (benefit):
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
4,265

 
23,381

 
(13,073
)
State
(86
)
 
(742
)
 
(15,220
)
Foreign
3,916

 
(18,536
)
 
2,442

Change in valuation allowance
(787
)
 
(5
)
 
(29
)
Total
$
143,314

 
$
135,218

 
$
145,828

 
 
Schedule of Difference Between Effective and Statutory
The Company’s effective rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate as follows for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
U.S. federal income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State taxes
2.0

 
1.7

 
2.3

Nondeductible stock-based compensation
2.3

 
1.9

 
1.4

U.S. federal, state and foreign research and development credits
(3.3
)
 
(4.1
)
 
(3.2
)
Foreign earnings
(3.4
)
 
(4.6
)
 
(1.9
)
Domestic production activities deduction
(1.7
)
 
(1.2
)
 
(2.2
)
State software development activities benefit

 

 
(2.4
)
Other
0.3

 
0.9

 
1.4

 
31.2
 %
 
29.6
 %
 
30.4
 %
 
 
Net Deferred Tax and Valuation Allowance
The components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities and the related valuation allowance as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
2016
 
2015
Accrued bonus
$
18,390

 
$
13,161

Deferred revenue
10,055

 
11,334

Deferred rent
12,592

 
13,224

Stock-based compensation
32,030

 
31,705

Net operating losses
7,855

 
8,855

Unrealized losses
1,862

 
1,421

Tax credit carryforwards
23,629

 
22,918

License income
16,932

 

Other
7,048

 
5,989

Deferred tax assets
130,393

 
108,607

Depreciation and amortization
(10,470
)
 
(10,848
)
Acquired intangible assets
(44,788
)
 
(37,923
)
Internal-use software development costs capitalized
(77,375
)
 
(66,807
)
Deferred tax liabilities
(132,633
)
 
(115,578
)
Valuation allowance
(430
)
 
(1,217
)
Net deferred tax liabilities
$
(2,670
)
 
$
(8,188
)
 
 
Schedule of Operating Loss Carryforwards
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had the following NOL and credit carryforwards (in thousands, except for years):

 
2016
 
2015
 
Expirations at Various Dates Through:
NOL carryforwards:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
16,500

 
$
21,500

 
2029
State
11,400

 
28,200

 
2034
Foreign

 

 
 
Federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards
41,500

 
39,800

 
2031
 
 
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following is a rollforward of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Balance at beginning of year
$
65,290

 
$
33,320

 
$
24,651

Gross increases — tax positions of prior periods
6,391

 
11,238

 
12,925

Gross increases — current-period tax positions
6,252

 
27,043

 
2,106

Gross decreases — tax positions of prior periods
(6,778
)
 
(5,996
)
 
(6,362
)
Gross decreases — settlements
(2,038
)
 
(315
)
 

Balance at end of year
$
69,117

 
$
65,290

 
$
33,320