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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company's forecasted effective tax rate at March 31, 2015 is 35.8%, a 3.8% increase from the 32.0% effective tax rate recorded at December 31, 2014. The forecasted effective tax rate of 35.8% excludes jurisdictions for which no benefit from forecasted current year losses is anticipated. Including losses from such jurisdictions results in a forecasted effective tax rate of 36.1%. Our forecasted effective tax rate could fluctuate significantly on a quarterly basis and could change, to the extent that earnings in countries with tax rates that differ from that of the U.S. differ, from amounts anticipated at March 31, 2015.

After discrete tax expense of $2, the effective tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 is 36.5%. The discrete tax expense is primarily attributable to interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits.