Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(9)   Income Taxes:

The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes computed at federal statutory rates to the effective rates:

	For the three months ended
	March 31,
		2013	2012
Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate		35.0%	35.0%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax benefit		3.6	2.8
Noncontrolling interest		(0.4)	(0.9)
Tax reserve adjustment		0.4	1.2
All other, net		1.0	(0.1)
Effective tax rate		39.6%	38.0%

The amount of our uncertain tax positions whose statute of limitations are expected to expire during the next twelve months and which would affect our effective tax rate is $5.2 million as of March 31, 2013.