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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

INCOME TAXES

A reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate to our effective tax rate is as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
U.S. federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes	2.1	%	3.1	%
Changes in reserve for uncertain tax positions as a result of settlements and lapsed statutes and related interest	-0.4	%	-0.5	%
Other	0.2	%	0.2	%
Effective tax rate	36.9	%	37.8	%

The differences between the U.S. federal statutory rate and our effective tax rate are primarily due to state income taxes and reserves for uncertain tax positions and related interest that are included in the provision for income taxes. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily the result of additional state taxes recognized during the first quarter of 2014 related to the impact of revaluing deferred taxes for changes in state tax laws enacted during the quarter.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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