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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
NOTE 10 - INCOME TAXES
For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the provision for income taxes was $191 million and $125 million, representing effective tax rates of 31% and 24%, respectively. The higher effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014, was primarily due to lower pre-tax income and the impact of favorable discrete items during the three months ended March 31, 2014.
The provision for income taxes includes both federal and state income taxes and differs from the provision using statutory rates primarily due to favorable permanent tax items such as income from lending to tax exempt entities and federal tax credits from community reinvestment activities. The Company calculated the provision for income taxes for three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date pre-tax income and adjusting for discrete items that occurred during the period.
The Company's liability for UTBs was $213 million and $210 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. It is reasonably possible that the liability for UTBs could decrease by as much as $115 million during the next 12 months due to completion of tax authority examinations. It is uncertain how much, if any, of this potential decrease will impact the Company’s effective tax rate.