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For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded income tax provisions of $683 million and $600 million, respectively.  The effective tax rate was 34.7% and 41.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and 42.6% and 43.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.The income tax provision and the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 benefited from adjustments of $23 million and $29 million, respectively, to the Company's valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with an equity-method investment. The income tax provision and the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were also impacted by a net noncash charge of $68 million related to the reversal of previously recognized deferred income tax benefits primarily as a result of the expiration, on March 12, 2010, of vested Time Warner stock options held by TWC employees.  As a result of the Separation on March 12, 2009, TWC employees who held stock options under Time Warner equity plans were treated as if their employment with Time Warner had been terminated without cause at the time of the Separation.  In most cases, this treatment resulted in shortened exercise periods, generally one year from the date of Separation, for vested Time Warner stock options held by TWC employees.  Vested Time Warner stock options held primarily by certain retirement-eligible TWC employees (pursuant to the terms of the award agreements) have exercise periods of up to five years from the date of the Separation and, as such, the Company estimates that it may incur additional noncash income tax expense of up to approximately $90 million through March 2014 upon the exercise or expiration of these stock options.  This estimate and the timing of such charges are dependent on a number of variables related to Time Warner and TWC equity awards, including the respective stock prices and the timing of the exercise or expiration of stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”). The income tax provision and the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were impacted by the passage of the California state budget during the first quarter of 2009 that, in part, changed the methodology of income tax apportionment in California.  This tax law change resulted in an increase in state deferred tax liabilities and a corresponding noncash tax provision of $38 million, which was recorded in the first quarter of 2009. On October 19, 2010, legislation was enacted in California that reversed the changes in methodology of California income tax apportionment included in the 2009 California state budget.  As a result, the Company expects that this tax law change will result in a decrease in state deferred tax liabilities and a corresponding noncash tax benefit of approximately $40 million, which will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010. 7.       INCOME TAXES For both the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded income tax false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Description containing the entire income tax disclosure. 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