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,
	2016			2015
Provision for income taxes	$	7,239		$	7,465
Effective income tax rate	35.6		%	37.5		%

The higher effective tax rate in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 was primarily attributable to a decrease in employment tax credits due to expired credit provisions.