Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was 35.2 percent and 36.8 percent, respectively.  Effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35.0 percent primarily due to state and foreign taxes.

For the next 12 months, we cannot predict with certainty whether we will achieve ultimate resolution of any uncertain tax positions associated with our U.S. and international operations that could result in increases or decreases of our unrecognized tax benefits.  However, we believe it is reasonably possible that the reserve for uncertain tax positions may increase by approximately $7.0 million to $10.0 million during the next 12 months due to an international matter.