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Income Taxes

The Company recorded income tax provisions associated with income from continuing operations of $1.5 million in each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, representing effective tax rates of 28.9% and 28.8%, respectively. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% and the Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 reflects the impact of state income taxes, permanent tax items and discrete tax benefits. The three months ended December 31, 2014 reflects a $0.2 million discrete tax benefit associated with the December 2014 signing of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 which retroactively reinstated the federal research and development income tax credit which had expired in December 2013. The three months ended December 31, 2013 reflects the impact of a gain related to a Vessix contingent consideration payment which resulted in recognition of tax expense with an offsetting reversal of a capital loss valuation allowance.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits including interest and penalties that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate as of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively, are $1.0 million and $0.9 million for each period. Currently, the Company does not expect the liability for unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly in the next 12 months with the above balances classified on the condensed consolidated balance sheets in other long-term liabilities. Interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in income tax expense.

The Company files income tax returns, including returns for its subsidiaries, in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various state jurisdictions. Uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination. U.S. income tax returns for years prior to fiscal 2011 are no longer subject to examination by federal tax authorities. For tax returns for state and local jurisdictions, the Company is no longer subject to examination for tax years generally before fiscal 2004.