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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

 

9.Income Taxes

 

Our effective tax rate for the first three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was 54.1 percent and 38.4 percent, respectively.  Effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35.0 percent primarily due to state and foreign income taxes and the tax benefit from the Internal Revenue Code Section 199 deduction for domestic production activities.  The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2015 was also impacted by a December 2015 tax law change which resulted in a reduction of the fiscal 2015 Internal Revenue Code Section 199 deduction for domestic production activities.

 

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 do not expect the increases or decreases to have a material effect on results of operations or financial position.