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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The provision for taxes is based upon using the Company's projected annual effective tax rate of 22% before non-recurring discrete items for both the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017. The reduction in the Company's estimated annual effective tax rate from 24% in 2016 to 22% in 2017, as well as the Company's reported tax rate of 25% and 21% during the three and nine months ending September 30, 2017, is primarily related to the Company's adoption of ASU 2016-09 pertaining to excess tax benefits associated with stock option exercises. The Company's 2017 estimated annual tax rate of 22% includes an estimated annual benefit of 2% related to the adoption of ASU 2016-09, the effects of which are being treated discretely each quarter.