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Income Tax Benefit (Expense)

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Income Tax Benefit (Expense)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Benefit (Expense)
7. Income Tax Benefit (Expense)

 

NCLH is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For the three months ended September 30, 2015, we had an income tax expense of $3.5 million compared to $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 we had an income tax expense of $6.9 million compared to an income tax benefit of $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The benefit for the nine month period of 2014 includes a $5.3 million non-recurring benefit associated with the election of a tax method to calculate deductible interest expense.