Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	7. Income Taxes Our effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 25.7%, respectively. Our effective income tax rates for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 32.5%, respectively. Our 2014 three-month period effective income tax rate was favorably impacted by the resolution of certain tax matters. 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

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

7. Income Taxes

Our effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 25.7%, respectively. Our effective income tax rates for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were 32.1% and 32.5%, respectively. Our 2014 three-month period effective income tax rate was favorably impacted by the resolution of certain tax matters. 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%.