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

Note 4.Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to state income taxes, differing tax rates on foreign earnings and discrete tax items that impacted income tax expense in these periods. The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2015 was 71.0% compared to 33.9% in the same period of fiscal 2015.  The higher effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 is primarily attributable to a change in the federal tax law that was enacted in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, which had a $300 unfavorable impact in the first quarter of fiscal 2016.