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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
Second quarter 2014 results included a benefit for income taxes of $2.9 million, or 85.3% of loss from continuing operations before income tax, compared to a provision of $0.6 million, or 9.2% of income from continuing operations before income tax, for the comparable period. Income taxes in the second quarter 2014 and 2013 included discrete tax benefits of $2.2 million and $2.6 million, respectively, primarily associated with adjustments to prior years’ taxes.
For the first six months of 2014, the benefit for income taxes was $12.9 million, or 43.9% of loss from continuing operations before income tax, compared to a provision of $4.1 million, or 19.2% of income from continuing operations before income tax, for the comparable period. The first six months of 2014 included a discrete tax benefit of $4.4 million, primarily associated with adjustments to prior years’ and foreign taxes. Excluding the discrete tax benefits, the effective tax rate for the first half 2014 was 29.2%. The first six months of 2013 included a discrete tax benefit of $4.6 million, primarily associated with adjustments to prior years’ taxes and 2013 Federal tax law changes.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 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 and six months ended June 30, 2014 based on the actual effective rate for this period.