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Income Taxes | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Income Taxes | 9:Income Taxes Presented in the following table is a reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate from continuing operations:
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﻿Nine Months Ended September 30 | 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿U.S. federal income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |
﻿Increase (decrease) in income taxes from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿State and local income taxes, net of federal effect |  | 4.2 |  |  | 4.8 |  |
﻿Accelerated flow-through of regulatory tax benefits 1 |  | (4.7) |  |  | (4.9) |  |
﻿Employee share-based awards 2 |  | (0.8) |  |  | - |  |
﻿Other, net |  | (1.4) |  |  | (1.4) |  |
﻿Effective tax rate |  | 32.3 | % |  | 33.5 | % |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿U.S. federal income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |
﻿Increase (decrease) in income taxes from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿State and local income taxes, net of federal effect |  | 4.6 |  |  | 4.8 |  |
﻿Accelerated flow-through of regulatory tax benefits 1 |  | (4.0) |  |  | (4.2) |  |
﻿Employee share-based awards 2 |  | (0.7) |  |  | - |  |
﻿Other, net |  | (1.2) |  |  | (1.5) |  |
﻿Effective tax rate |  | 33.7 | % |  | 34.1 | % |
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| 1 |  | Since 2014, Consumers has followed a new regulatory treatment ordered by the MPSC that accelerates the return of certain income tax benefits to customers. This change, which also accelerates Consumers’ recognition of the income tax benefits, reduced Consumers’ income tax expense by $30 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and by $29 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
| 2 |  | CMS Energy and Consumers elected to adopt ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, as of January 1, 2016. For further details on the implementation of this standard, see Note 1, New Accounting Standards.
Consumers Energy Company [Member] |
Income Taxes | 9:Income Taxes Presented in the following table is a reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate from continuing operations:
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﻿ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Nine Months Ended September 30 | 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
﻿CMS Energy, including Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿U.S. federal income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |
﻿Increase (decrease) in income taxes from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿State and local income taxes, net of federal effect |  | 4.2 |  |  | 4.8 |  |
﻿Accelerated flow-through of regulatory tax benefits 1 |  | (4.7) |  |  | (4.9) |  |
﻿Employee share-based awards 2 |  | (0.8) |  |  | - |  |
﻿Other, net |  | (1.4) |  |  | (1.4) |  |
﻿Effective tax rate |  | 32.3 | % |  | 33.5 | % |
﻿Consumers |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿U.S. federal income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |
﻿Increase (decrease) in income taxes from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿State and local income taxes, net of federal effect |  | 4.6 |  |  | 4.8 |  |
﻿Accelerated flow-through of regulatory tax benefits 1 |  | (4.0) |  |  | (4.2) |  |
﻿Employee share-based awards 2 |  | (0.7) |  |  | - |  |
﻿Other, net |  | (1.2) |  |  | (1.5) |  |
﻿Effective tax rate |  | 33.7 | % |  | 34.1 | % |
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| 1 |  | Since 2014, Consumers has followed a new regulatory treatment ordered by the MPSC that accelerates the return of certain income tax benefits to customers. This change, which also accelerates Consumers’ recognition of the income tax benefits, reduced Consumers’ income tax expense by $30 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and by $29 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
| 2 |  | CMS Energy and Consumers elected to adopt ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, as of January 1, 2016. For further details on the implementation of this standard, see Note 1, New Accounting Standards.

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