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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 7 — Income Taxes

 

The income tax provisions for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were $17.9 million and $18.4 million, respectively. Our effective tax rate for the current quarter was 29.2% as compared to 31.9% in 2012.  This quarter benefitted from the extension of the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Research & Development tax credits that was enacted in January 2013.  The full benefit from 2012 was taken in the first quarter of 2013 and reduced the rate by one percentage point.  Implementation of tax planning strategies and the mix of income by country accounted for the remaining improvement in the tax rate.