Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	7. Income Taxes Our effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.6% and 36.6%, respectively. Our effective income tax rates for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 35.6%, respectively. Our 2014 three-month and six-month period effective income tax rates were unfavorably impacted by the sale of certain non-core assets acquired in the Metals USA acquisition. Permanent items that lowered our effective income tax rates from the federal statutory rate were not materially different during both years and relate mainly to company-owned life insurance policies, domestic production activities deductions and foreign income levels that are taxed at rates lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35%.

Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

7. Income Taxes

Our effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.6% and 36.6%, respectively. Our effective income tax rates for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 35.6%, respectively. Our 2014 three-month and six-month period effective income tax rates were unfavorably impacted by the sale of certain non-core assets acquired in the Metals USA acquisition. Permanent items that lowered our effective income tax rates from the federal statutory rate were not materially different during both years and relate mainly to company-owned life insurance policies, domestic production activities deductions and foreign income levels that are taxed at rates lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35%.