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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes

3. Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 has been computed using estimated effective tax rates. These rates are revised, if necessary, at the end of each successive interim period to reflect current estimates of the annual effective tax rates.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the tax provision is comprised of a $13.2 million U.S. federal income tax expense and $9.3 million foreign income tax expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the tax provision was comprised of a $12.1 million U.S. federal income tax expense and $8.0 million in foreign income tax expense.

Although most of the Company’s non – U.S. income is subject to U.S. federal income tax, certain of its non – U.S. income is not subject to U.S. federal income tax until repatriated. Foreign taxes on this non – U.S. income are accrued at the local foreign tax rate, as opposed to the higher U.S. statutory rate, since these earnings currently are expected to be permanently reinvested overseas. This assumption could change, as a result of a sale of the subsidiaries, the receipt of dividends from the subsidiaries, a change in management’s intentions, or as a result of various other events. The Company has not made a provision for U.S. taxes on $6.4 million of non-U.S. income for the three months ended March 31, 2013. All of the Company’s non-U.S. income was subject to U.S. taxes during the same period in 2012.

The Company or its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions, as well as foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company and its subsidiaries are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2007. The IRS audits of the years 2009 and 2010 commenced in June 2012. The Company and its subsidiaries are still subject to U.S. state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years after 2006 and foreign examinations for years after 2010.