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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

INCOME TAXES

A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate to our effective tax rate is as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
U.S. federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes	1.3	%	1.4	%	1.9	%	1.6	%
Changes in reserve for uncertain tax positions as a result of settlements and lapsed statutes and related interest	-0.4	%	-0.3	%	-0.4	%	-0.3	%
Other	-0.1	%	0.2	%	0.1	%	0.2	%
Effective tax rate	35.8	%	36.3	%	36.6	%	36.5	%

The differences between the U.S. federal statutory rate and our effective tax rate are primarily due to state income taxes and reserves for uncertain tax positions and related interest that are included in the provision for income taxes.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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