Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, we recorded $62.5 million and $46.5 million of income tax expense and had an effective tax rate of 25.1% and 24.9%, respectively. The slight increase in our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared with the same period in 2018 was primarily due to higher state and local income taxes net of the federal benefit.

Our effective tax rate may differ from the federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0% due primarily to the effect of state and local income taxes.During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, cash paid for taxes, net of refunds received, was $13.7 million and $10.3 million, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, there were no significant changes to our uncertain tax positions. For more information, see Note 7, Income Taxes, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Part II, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.