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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 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 30.1% of pretax income compared to 33.0% for the prior year quarter. The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended December 31, 2013 was lower primarily due to the continued diversification of our operations worldwide.
The current quarter's effective tax rate for the tax expense from discontinued operations is 14.3% compared to the tax benefit of 9.9% for the prior year quarter. 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.