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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 10: INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense is provided at the U.S. tax rate on financial statement earnings, adjusted for the difference between the U.S. tax rate and the rate of tax in effect for non-U.S. earnings deemed to be permanently reinvested in our non-U.S. operations.  Deferred income taxes have not been provided for the potential remittance of non-U.S. undistributed earnings to the extent those earnings are deemed to be permanently reinvested, or to the extent such recognition would result in a deferred tax asset.
The current quarter’s effective tax rate from continuing operations is 35.4% of pretax income compared to 29.1% for the prior year quarter. The effective rate for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 was lower due to the decision in that quarter to treat foreign earnings as being permanently reinvested, with a resultant reversal of prior period deferred tax liabilities in that quarter. The current quarter's effective tax rate for the tax benefit from discontinued operations is 15.8% compared to 9.1% for the prior year quarter. 
For the current nine-month period, the effective tax rate from continuing operations is 32.6% compared to 32.5% in the prior year nine-month period. For the current nine-month period, the effective tax rate for the tax benefit from discontinued operations is 15.1% compared to 1.9% for the prior year nine-month period. 
The effective tax rate for discontinued operations is lower than the effective tax rate from continuing operations due to the inclusion of discontinued operations in Canada for which a valuation allowance has previously been recognized, resulting in no current benefit.
The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended June 30, 2013 was higher due to a reduction in foreign taxable income which is taxed at a lower rate than the U.S. rate. The effective tax rate from continuing operations for the nine-month period ended June 30, 2013 was lowered by a recognition of a tax benefit from tax credits not previously reported.