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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The following table summarizes the provision for income taxes for continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, and the applicable effective tax rates (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
Six Months Ended 
 June 30,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Provision for income taxes
$
(2,913
)
 
$
2,202

 
$
705

 
$
5,494

Effective tax rate
(20.7
)%
 
35.0
%
 
2.9
%
 
36.3
%

The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 was less than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due to deductible permanent differences and favorable discrete items partially offset by state taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 equaled or exceeded the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% due to state taxes partially offset by deductible permanent differences and favorable discrete items.
The Company recorded a discrete tax benefit of $11.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2016 due to the effect of a worthless stock deduction and an associated bad debt deduction of inter-company debt resulting from the sale of its European industrial manufacturing business to a third party.