WAL MART STORES INC | 2013 | FY | 3

A reconciliation of the significant differences between the U.S. statutory tax rate and the effective income tax rate on pretax income from continuing operations is as follows:
 
 
Fiscal Years Ended January 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
U.S. statutory tax rate
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
U.S. state income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
 
1.7
 %
 
2.0
 %
 
1.9
 %
Income taxed outside the U.S.
 
(2.6
)%
 
(2.8
)%
 
(2.2
)%
Net impact of repatriated international earnings
 
(2.5
)%
 
(0.3
)%
 
(1.5
)%
Other, net
 
(0.6
)%
 
(1.3
)%
 
(1.0
)%
Effective income tax rate
 
31.0
 %
 
32.6
 %
 
32.2
 %

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