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Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements    

Thousands of dollars, except per-share amounts and numbers of shares



 7  Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is composed of the following charges (benefits):

    2004     2003     2002  
Current:
Domestic:
                 
      Federal     $ 91,669           $ 103,825           $ 34,459      
      State and local, including                  
         Puerto Rico   3,362     3,880     7,900  
   Foreign   106,678     53,402     47,384  
    201,709     161,107     89,743  
Deferred:                  
   Domestic   (4,308   6,209     58,821  
   Foreign   (27,037   (288   (449
    (31,345   5,921     58,372  
  $ 170,364   $ 167,028   $ 148,115  

     In accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” deferred tax assets and liabilities are netted on the balance sheet by separate tax jurisdictions. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, net current deferred tax assets of $100,605 and $77,264, respectively, were included in Prepaid expenses, deferred taxes and other. There were no net non-current deferred tax assets in 2004 and 2003. Net current deferred tax liabilities of $1,346 and $3,385, respectively, were included in Current Liabilities–Income taxes. Net non-current deferred tax liabilities of $61,819 and $67,784, respectively, were included in Deferred Income Taxes and Other. Deferred taxes are not provided on substantially all undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries. At September 30, 2004, the cumulative amount of such undistributed earnings indefinitely reinvested outside the United States was $2,080,515. Determining the tax liability that would arise if these earnings were remitted is not practicable.

Deferred income taxes at September 30 consisted of:

    2004       2003    
    Assets   Liabilities     Assets   Liabilities  
Compensation and benefits     $ 170,148           $           $ 148,253           $      
Property and equipment       141,382         137,013  
Purchase acquisition                        
   adjustments       11,205         22,513  
Other   133,397     113,518     124,148     104,694  
    303,545     266,105     272,401     264,220  
Valuation allowance           (2,086    
  $ 303,545   $ 266,105   $ 270,315   $ 264,220  

A reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate follows:

          2004     2003     2002  
Federal statutory tax rate         35.0   35.0   35.0
State and local income taxes,                        
   net of federal tax benefit         .3     .4     1.2  
Effect of foreign and Puerto Rican                    
    income and foreign tax credits       (9.9   (8.4   (9.3
Effect of Research, Empowerment                    
    Zone, Foreign Sales Corporation/                    
    Extraterritorial Income tax benefits     (2.5   (3.0   (2.2
Other, net         (.3   (.9   (1.1
          22.6   23.1   23.6

     The approximate dollar and diluted per-share amounts of tax reductions related to tax holidays in various countries in which the Company does business were: 2004–$55,461 and $.21; 2003–$42,050 and $.16; and 2002–$40,860 and $.15. The tax holidays expire at various dates through 2018.

     The Company made income tax payments, net of refunds, of $146,574 in 2004, $110,739 in 2003 and $52,603 in 2002.

     The components of Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes follow:

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Noncash investing activities for the years ended September 30:

    2004     2003     2002  
Domestic, including Puerto Rico     $ 291,973           $ 355,032           $ 343,853      
Foreign   460,895     366,926     283,614  
  $ 752,868   $ 721,958   $ 627,467  



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