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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 7 — Income Taxes

 

The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $18.7 million and $57.2 million, respectively.  The effective tax rates for the periods were 27.9% and 29.0%, respectively.  The third quarter of 2013 included a benefit of $1.8 million from favorable tax return to provision adjustments and the release of reserves for uncertain tax positions.  The nine-month period in 2013 also benefitted from the extension of the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Research & Development tax credits that was enacted in January 2013.  The full retroactive benefit from 2012 was taken in the first quarter of 2013 for a benefit of $0.6 million.  The income tax provisions for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012 were $18.0 million and $58.5 million, respectively.  The effective tax rates for those periods were 31.1% and 31.6%, respectively.