MCDONALDS CORP | 2013 | FY | 3

The statutory U.S. federal income tax rate reconciles to the effective income tax rates as follows:
 
2013

 
2012

 
2011

Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of related
federal income tax benefit
1.3

 
1.6

 
1.4

Benefits and taxes related to foreign
operations
(4.0
)
 
(4.1
)
 
(4.7
)
Other, net
(0.4
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(0.4
)
Effective income tax rates
31.9
 %
 
32.4
 %
 
31.3
 %

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