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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate on the loss for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was 28.2 percent. The effective rate on the the income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was 30.5 percent. The decrease was mainly due to the reduced tax benefit attributable to the non-deductible portion of the Company's Brazil goodwill impairment, partially offset by additional non-recurring discrete tax items recorded in the quarter.

The effective tax rate on the loss before taxes was (95.3) percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The negative tax rate for 2013 is a result of tax expense of approximately $47,000 related to the repatriation of previously undistributed earnings and the establishment of a valuation allowance of approximately $39,200 on deferred tax assets in the Company's Brazilian manufacturing facility, both in the second quarter of 2013. The tax impact of the goodwill impairment recorded in the third quarter of 2013 offset a portion of the previous quarter discrete tax expense, reducing the negative effective tax rate. The effective tax rate on income was 28.0 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.