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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
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Income Taxes

3. Income Taxes

 

TDS' overall effective tax rate on Income (loss) before income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 was 34.7% and 27.0%, respectively, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 was 42.6% and 42.5%, respectively.

 

The lower effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2014 resulted from the relatively low amount of Income (loss) before income taxes in this period, which magnified the effective rate impact of discrete tax expense items.

 

The effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 reflected incremental deferred tax expense related to the NY1 & NY2 Deconsolidation (as described in Note 7 Investments in Unconsolidated Entities) and the Divestiture Transaction (as described in Note 5 Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges) in 2013.