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Provision for Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for Income Taxes

Note 12. Provision for Income Taxes

For the nine month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, our effective tax rates were 40% and 34%, respectively. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 34% and our effective tax rate was due to the impact of non-deductible merger and acquisition expenses increasing the tax rate 12% during 2014. The non-deductible merger costs were partially offset by non-U.S. based earnings being taxed at lower rates reducing the effective rate 6%.

As of September 30, 2014, we do not foresee any significant changes to our unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.