The (provision) benefit for income taxes is summarized as follows:
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Ended October 31, |
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| 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
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Current: |
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Federal |
$ | (12,799 | ) | $ | (6,646 | ) | $ | (108 | ) | |||
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State |
(2,339 | ) | (2,816 | ) | 206 | |||||||
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Foreign |
(723 | ) | (376 | ) | (952 | ) | ||||||
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| (15,861 | ) | (9,838 | ) | (854 | ) | |||||||
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Deferred: |
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Federal |
(2,101 | ) | (6,102 | ) | 4,412 | |||||||
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State |
301 | 589 | 475 | |||||||||
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Foreign |
(59 | ) | (57 | ) | (99 | ) | ||||||
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| (1,859 | ) | (5,570 | ) | 4,788 | ||||||||
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Total (provision) benefit for income taxes |
$ | (17,720 | ) | $ | (15,408 | ) | $ | 3,934 | ||||
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