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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2013
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 10 – Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense for the three- and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2013 was 20.0 and 19.0 percent of income before income taxes, respectively, compared to 13.9 and 15.3 percent, respectively, for the same periods last year.  The year-over-year comparison of our effective tax rate for the quarter was impacted by discrete items that were a benefit to tax expense in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year, and shifts in the mix of taxable income between our various tax jurisdictions. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended November 30, 2013 was also impacted by asset impairment charges of $12.05 million recorded in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, for which the related tax benefit was only $0.02 million.