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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
First quarter 2014 results included a benefit for income taxes of $10.0 million, or 38.5% of loss before tax, compared to a provision of $3.5 million, or 23.6% of income before tax, for the comparable period. The first three months of 2014 included a discrete tax benefit of $2.2 million, primarily associated with adjustments to prior years’ taxes. The first three months of 2013 included a discrete tax benefit of $2.0 million, primarily related to 2013 Federal tax law changes.
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company determined that it was unable to make a reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate, as relatively small changes in projected results for either the Company's domestic or international operations can produce a significant variation in its annual effective tax rate. Therefore, the Company recorded a tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2014 based on the actual effective rate for this period.