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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
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 provision rate from continuing operations is 31.6% of pretax income compared to 30.8% for the prior year quarter. For the current six-month period, the effective tax provision rate from continuing operations is 30.5% compared to 31.9% in the prior year six-month period. The effective tax rate for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 was higher primarily due to the one-time tax benefit in the prior year three-month period from the recognition of foreign net operating losses. The effective tax rate for the six-month period ended March 31, 2014 was lower primarily due to the continued diversification of our operations worldwide.

The current quarter's effective tax benefit rate from discontinued operations is 14.9% compared to the tax benefit rate of 10.4% for the prior year quarter. For the current six-month period, the effective tax provision rate from discontinued operations is 14.3% compared to the tax benefit rate of 10.1% in the prior year six-month period.

For the six months ended March 31, 2014, approximately 45% of the pre-tax income from discontinued operations was from our Canada operations, which has a net operating loss carryforward, against which we have provided a valuation allowance.  In addition, Mexico accounted for approximately 55% of the pre-tax income from discontinued operations. Our effective tax rate in Mexico is 5% lower than the effective tax rate for our U.S. operations and accounted for a larger percentage of the discontinued operations income compared to Mexico’s percentage of income from continuing operations. The combination of a net operating loss in Canada and a lower tax rate in Mexico resulted in a materially different tax rate for discontinued operations compared to continuing operations.