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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
NOTE H – Income Taxes

Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if our estimated tax rate changes, we make a year to date adjustment.

Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was 37.7% and 38.9%, respectively. The primary difference in the effective rate and the statutory rate is due to state income taxes and excess tax benefits of $0.2 million in 2017 from vested stock awards.