Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Tax Expense

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Income Tax Expense
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Income Tax Expense
6. Income Tax Expense

NCLH is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, income tax expense was $7.9 million and $11.2 million, respectively. Income tax expense for the nine months includes a one-time expense of $4.2 million due to a change in U.S. tax status from a partnership to a corporation in connection with our IPO and a benefit of $2.6 million in connection with our prepayments of debt.

In September 2013, we commenced the implementation of a global tax platform. The implementation of this new platform is expected to be completed by December 31, 2013 and, accordingly, its effect has been included as a reduction of $6.6 million to income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.