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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

 

 

Note 10 – Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014 was 17.0 percent of income before income taxes compared to 19.0 percent for the same period last year. The year-over-year change in our effective tax rate was primarily due to shifts in the mix of taxable income between our various tax jurisdictions.  Our effective tax rates were also impacted by asset impairment charges of $9.00 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014, and $12.05 million for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2013, for which the related tax benefits were $0.86 and $0.02 million, respectively.