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Income taxes (Tables)

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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of income from continuing operations before income taxes
The components of income before income taxes and the corresponding provision for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
Income before income taxes:      
United States $ 280,092    $ 248,360    $ 257,910   
Foreign 37,228    50,849    56,325   
Income before income taxes $ 317,320    $ 299,209    $ 314,235   
Provision for income taxes
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
Current provision:      
Federal $ 37,123    $ 42,318    $ 70,476   
State and local 14,480    13,459    15,594   
Foreign 12,561    15,895    11,221   
Total current provision 64,164    71,672    97,291   
Deferred tax expense (benefit):      
Federal 12,627    4,106    5,490   
State and local 3,013    2,902    643   
Foreign (2,979)   (287)   (1,371)  
Total deferred tax expense (benefit) 12,661    6,721    4,762   
Provision for income taxes $ 76,825    $ 78,393    $ 102,053   
Reconciliation of tax provision using the federal statutory income tax rate to reported provision The provision for income taxes differs from that which would have resulted from the use of this rate is as follows (in thousands):
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
Federal income tax provision at statutory rate of 21%, 24.5% and 35%, respectively
$ 66,637    $ 73,396    $ 109,982   
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 14,825    12,348    10,554   
Foreign taxation 1,210    (1,531)   (6,940)  
Permanent items 2,682    1,176    970   
Tax credits (3,730)   (2,438)   (4,851)  
Toll tax (481)   9,425    —   
Deferred tax liability - tax rate change —    (10,514)   —   
Vesting of equity compensation (4,783)   (2,849)   (6,569)  
Other 465    (620)   (1,093)  
Provision for income taxes $ 76,825    $ 78,393    $ 102,053   
Significant items comprising the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities
The significant items comprising our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2019 and 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
  As of September 30,
  2019 2018
Net deferred tax assets/(liabilities)    
Costs deductible in future periods $ 19,133    $ 20,254   
Deferred revenue 6,098    5,197   
Stock compensation 3,617    3,469   
Net operating loss carryforwards 798    302   
Amortization of goodwill and intangible assets (26,338)   (27,054)  
Capitalized software (8,635)   (6,016)  
Accounts receivable - unbilled (35,566)   (7,854)  
Property and equipment 515    (2,011)  
Prepaid expenses (3,645)   (2,927)  
Other (2,351)   (2,903)  
$ (46,374)   $ (19,543)  
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities are held in various national and international jurisdictions which do not allow right of offset. Accordingly, our presentation of deferred taxes on our consolidated balance sheets is split between jurisdictions which show a net deferred tax asset and a net deferred tax liability. Our net deferred tax position is summarized below (in thousands):
As of September 30,
2019 2018
Balance of tax jurisdictions with net deferred tax assets $ 186    $ 6,834   
Balance of tax jurisdictions with net deferred tax liabilities (46,560)   (26,377)  
Net deferred tax liabilities $ (46,374)   $ (19,543)  
Schedule of reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits The reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was as follows (in thousands):
  Year ended September 30,
  2019 2018 2017
Balance at beginning of year $ 721    $ 633    $ 448   
Increases for tax positions taken in current year 2,280    88    185   
Balance at end of year $ 3,001    $ 721    $ 633