INCOME TAXES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES	NOTE D — INCOME TAXES The Company’s statutory federal tax rate is 35%. State tax rates vary among states and average approximately 6.0% to 6.5%, although some state rates are higher and a small number of states do not impose an income tax. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 18.3%. The effective tax benefit rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was 42.0%. The tax rates for the first quarter of 2015 and 2014 reflect a benefit of 20.9% and 1.6%, respectively, from reduced state deferred tax liabilities to reflect enactment of lower tax rates in some states. In addition to the adjustments to deferred tax liabilities for state tax rate changes, for the first three months of 2015 and 2014, the difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the federal statutory rate primarily results from state income taxes, nondeductible expenses, changes in the cash surrender value of life insurance, and, for the first quarter of 2014, changes in valuation allowances for deferred tax assets. As of March 31, 2015, the Company’s deferred tax liabilities which will reverse in future years exceeded the deferred tax assets. The Company evaluated the total deferred tax assets at March 31, 2015 and concluded that, other than for certain deferred tax assets related to foreign net operating loss carryforwards, the assets did not exceed the amount for which realization is more likely than not. In making this determination, the Company considered the future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, taxable income in carryback years, future taxable income, and tax planning strategies. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company paid state and foreign income taxes of $1.1 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company received refunds of $2.0 million of federal and state income taxes that were paid in prior years, primarily from loss carrybacks, and the Company paid federal, state, and foreign income taxes of $5.4 million.

INCOME TAXES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

NOTE D — INCOME TAXES

The Company’s statutory federal tax rate is 35%. State tax rates vary among states and average approximately 6.0% to 6.5%, although some state rates are higher and a small number of states do not impose an income tax. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was 18.3%. The effective tax benefit rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was 42.0%. The tax rates for the first quarter of 2015 and 2014 reflect a benefit of 20.9% and 1.6%, respectively, from reduced state deferred tax liabilities to reflect enactment of lower tax rates in some states.

In addition to the adjustments to deferred tax liabilities for state tax rate changes, for the first three months of 2015 and 2014, the difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the federal statutory rate primarily results from state income taxes, nondeductible expenses, changes in the cash surrender value of life insurance, and, for the first quarter of 2014, changes in valuation allowances for deferred tax assets.

As of March 31, 2015, the Company’s deferred tax liabilities which will reverse in future years exceeded the deferred tax assets. The Company evaluated the total deferred tax assets at March 31, 2015 and concluded that, other than for certain deferred tax assets related to foreign net operating loss carryforwards, the assets did not exceed the amount for which realization is more likely than not. In making this determination, the Company considered the future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, taxable income in carryback years, future taxable income, and tax planning strategies.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company paid state and foreign income taxes of $1.1 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company received refunds of $2.0 million of federal and state income taxes that were paid in prior years, primarily from loss carrybacks, and the Company paid federal, state, and foreign income taxes of $5.4 million.