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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

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Income taxes  

We record our interim provision for income taxes based on our estimated annual effective tax rate, as well as certain items discrete to the current period.  The effective tax rate for the three months ended January 31, 2015 was 27.0%, compared to 30.5% for the three months ended January 31, 2014.

On December 19, 2014, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 was enacted which retroactively reinstated the Federal Research and Development Tax Credit (Federal R&D Tax Credit) from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 and extended certain other tax provisions. As a result, our income tax provision for the three months ended January 31, 2015 included a discrete tax benefit of $1,786 primarily related to 2014.