Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	Note H - Income Taxes Our first quarter 2015 income tax expense of $1.2 million resulted in an effective income tax rate of 42.6%. Our first quarter 2014 income tax provision of $1.3 million resulted in an effective income tax rate of 41.7%. Our effective income tax rate is derived by estimating pretax income and income tax expense for the year ending December 31, 2015. The effective income tax rate calculated for the first three months of 2015 is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35.0%, primarily due to the addition of state income taxes. Harte Hanks, or one of our subsidiaries, files income tax returns in the U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign jurisdictions. For U.S. state and foreign returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2010. For U.S. federal returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2011. We have elected to classify any interest expense and penalties related to income taxes within income tax expense in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We did not have a significant amount of interest or penalties accrued at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Note H - Income Taxes

Our first quarter 2015 income tax expense of $1.2 million resulted in an effective income tax rate of 42.6%. Our first quarter 2014 income tax provision of $1.3 million resulted in an effective income tax rate of 41.7%. Our effective income tax rate is derived by estimating pretax income and income tax expense for the year ending December 31, 2015. The effective income tax rate calculated for the first three months of 2015 is higher than the federal statutory rate of 35.0%, primarily due to the addition of state income taxes.

Harte Hanks, or one of our subsidiaries, files income tax returns in the U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign jurisdictions. For U.S. state and foreign returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2010. For U.S. federal returns, we are no longer subject to tax examinations for tax years prior to 2011.

We have elected to classify any interest expense and penalties related to income taxes within income tax expense in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. We did not have a significant amount of interest or penalties accrued at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.