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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was 20.2% and 14.9%, respectively, and 20.4% and 17.9% during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The factors that caused an increase in the Company’s worldwide effective tax rate for 2015 are the changes in the geographic mix of the current year earnings towards countries with higher statutory rates (U.S., U.K. Germany and Canada) and also the mix of new tax jurisdictions from business acquired in the US, western Europe and Asia. Additionally, the $1,200 release of the ASC 740-10 reserve during the third quarter of 2014 reduced the rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. This reserve was initially posted as a tax expense in 2010 as the Company's position in 2010 was deemed uncertain and remained on the balance sheet until the federal statute expired during the third quarter of 2014