4.Income Taxes

The following table presents the Company’s provision for income taxes and effective income tax rate for the periods below:


	Three months ended
	November 30,
	2015			2014
Provision for income taxes	$	7,465		$	6,274
Effective income tax rate		37.5	%		38.4	%

The decrease in the Company’s effective income tax rate during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 was primarily attributable to a federal tax benefit from a statutory tax deduction.