7. Income Taxes

The following table presents Devon’s total income tax expense (benefit) and a reconciliation of its effective income tax rate to the U.S. statutory income tax rate.



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013

Total income tax expense (benefit) (in millions)	$	613	$	210	$	1,698	$	(99)

U.S. statutory income tax rate		35%		35%		35%		(35%)
Repatriations		—		—		7%		—
State income taxes		2%		1%		1%		(3%)
Taxation on Canadian operations		—		(5%)		1%		9%
Taxes on EnLink formation		—		—		1%		—
Other		—		2%		—		(1%)
Effective income tax rate		37%		33%		45%		(30%)

In the third quarter of 2014, Devon completed its U.S. non-core asset divestiture program. In conjunction with the divestiture closing, Devon recognized $543 million of current income tax expense. The current tax expense was entirely offset by the recognition of deferred tax benefits.

In the second quarter of 2014, Devon recognized $247 million of additional income tax expense related to the $2.8 billion of repatriations to the U.S. Prior to the repatriation, Devon had recognized a $143 million deferred income tax liability associated with the planned repatriation. When the repatriation was made, Devon retained a larger property basis in Canada than was previously estimated, resulting in the incremental tax in the second quarter.

In the first quarter of 2014, Devon recorded a $48 million deferred tax liability in conjunction with the formation of EnLink, which impacted the effective tax rate as reflected in the table above.

In the second quarter of 2013, Devon repatriated to the U.S. $2.0 billion of cash from its foreign subsidiaries. In conjunction with the repatriation, Devon recognized approximately $100 million of current income tax expense. The current expense was entirely offset by the recognition of deferred income tax benefits, which included the reduction of the deferred tax liability previously recognized for unremitted foreign earnings deemed not to be indefinitely reinvested.