Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	INCOME TAXES Our income tax provisions for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, reflected effective tax rates of 34.7% and 30.9%, respectively. The year-over-year increase was primarily due to changes in U.S. and foreign tax law effective from 2014 and an unfavorable change in the forecasted country mix of earnings, partially offset by lower charges related to settlements of tax examinations outside the US and the tax impact of the remeasurement of the Multi Phase Meters earn-out consideration in 2013. Our income tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, reflected effective tax rates of 33.3% and 27.4%, respectively. Excluding a retroactive benefit related to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 recorded in the first quarter of 2013, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was 28.9%. The year-over-year increase from this adjusted rate was primarily due to changes in U.S. and foreign tax law effective from 2014 and an unfavorable change in the forecasted country mix of earnings, partially offset by lower charges related to settlements of tax examinations outside the US and the tax impact of the remeasurement of the Multi Phase Meters earn-out consideration in 2013. Our effective tax rate can fluctuate depending on our country mix of earnings, since our foreign earnings are generally subject to lower tax rates than in the United States. In certain jurisdictions, primarily Singapore and Malaysia, our tax rate is significantly less than the relevant statutory rate due to tax holidays.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

INCOME TAXES

Our income tax provisions for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, reflected effective tax rates of 34.7% and 30.9%, respectively. The year-over-year increase was primarily due to changes in U.S. and foreign tax law effective from 2014 and an unfavorable change in the forecasted country mix of earnings, partially offset by lower charges related to settlements of tax examinations outside the US and the tax impact of the remeasurement of the Multi Phase Meters earn-out consideration in 2013.

Our income tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, reflected effective tax rates of 33.3% and 27.4%, respectively. Excluding a retroactive benefit related to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 recorded in the first quarter of 2013, our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was 28.9%. The year-over-year increase from this adjusted rate was primarily due to changes in U.S. and foreign tax law effective from 2014 and an unfavorable change in the forecasted country mix of earnings, partially offset by lower charges related to settlements of tax examinations outside the US and the tax impact of the remeasurement of the Multi Phase Meters earn-out consideration in 2013.

Our effective tax rate can fluctuate depending on our country mix of earnings, since our foreign earnings are generally subject to lower tax rates than in the United States. In certain jurisdictions, primarily Singapore and Malaysia, our tax rate is significantly less than the relevant statutory rate due to tax holidays.