Income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations consists of the following for the periods presented (in thousands):
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Current: |
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Federal |
$ | 572 | $ | (218 | ) | $ | 30,834 | |||||
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State |
(863 | ) | 4,078 | 3,959 | ||||||||
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Foreign |
423 | 5,915 | 914 | |||||||||
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Total current |
132 | 9,775 | 35,707 | |||||||||
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Deferred: |
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Federal |
45,077 | 40,635 | 2,667 | |||||||||
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State |
1,491 | 5,349 | 353 | |||||||||
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Foreign |
(17,921 | ) | (2,371 | ) | 4,195 | |||||||
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Total deferred provision |
28,647 | 43,613 | 7,215 | |||||||||
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Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
$ | 28,779 | $ | 53,388 | $ | 42,922 | ||||||
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