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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

(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,

	2014		2013

Consolidated tax provision at federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income tax provisions, net of federal income
tax benefit	0.3		3.6
Noncontrolling interest	-		(0.4)
Tax reserve adjustment	-		0.4
Changes in certain deferred tax balances	(5.1)		-
All other, net	0.2		1.0
Effective tax rate	30.4	%	39.6	%

Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2014 include the impact of a $2.9 million benefit arising from state tax law changes.

The amount of our uncertain tax positions for which the statutes of limitations are expected to expire during the next twelve months and which would affect our effective tax rate is $2.9 million as of March 31, 2014.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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