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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Income Taxes

17. Income Taxes – Income tax benefit was $685 for the six months ended June 30, 2015 as compared to an income tax expense of $856 for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The effective tax rate was a benefit of (339.1%) in 2015 and an expense of 27.0% in 2014. Income tax benefit was $393 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and $160 for the three months ended June 30, 2014.

The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2015 is based on the financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2015. It became increasingly difficult to estimate a reliable annual effective tax rate for the 2015 financial year because of the uncertainty in forecasting taxable income or loss for the remainder of the year for each of our domestic and international operations. Significant changes in our estimated annual effective tax rate could result from changes in forecasts or actual results for either our domestic or international operations. Since an estimated annual effective tax rate under these circumstances would not provide a meaningful estimate, an actual year-to-date effective tax rate is the best estimate of the annual tax rate.