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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 11.      Income Taxes 

 

Our effective income tax rate was 30.2% and 30.3% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, as compared to 29.1% and 30.1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The increase in our effective rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as compared to the same periods of the prior year was related to the resolution of domestic and international tax audits during both the three and six months ending June 30, 2014, which resulted in a net reduction in our provision for income taxes in those periods.  This unfavorable factor was partly offset by greater tax benefits related to earnings subject to international tax rates that are lower than domestic tax rates during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.