Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(9)   Income Taxes:

The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes computed at federal statutory rates to the effective rates:

	For the three months ended			For the six months ended
	June 30,			June 30,
		2013	2012		2013	2012
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate		35.0%	35.0%		35.0%	35.0%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax benefit		9.2	3.1		(8.2)	2.8
Noncontrolling interest		(0.6)	(1.4)		-	(1.1)
Tax reserve adjustment		7.7	(2.1)		(15.4)	(0.2)
Changes in certain deferred tax balances		(10.6)	-		22.6	-
IRS audit adjustments		(9.0)	-		19.3	-
All other, net		1.1	0.2		0.8	0.2
Effective tax rate		32.8%	34.8%		54.1%	36.7%

Income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 include the impact of a charge of $5.2 million resulting from the settlement of the 2010 IRS audit and a $6.0 million charge resulting from the adjustment of deferred tax balances, partially offset by a $4.4 million benefit from the net reversal of reserves for uncertain tax positions.

The amount of our uncertain tax positions whose statute of limitations are expected to expire during the next twelve months and which would affect our effective tax rate is $2.4 million as of June 30, 2013.