Income Taxes |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes | Income Taxes For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, our provision (benefit) for income taxes, as a percentage of income before income taxes was 40.2 percent and (16.7) percent, respectively, compared with a U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, our provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before income taxes was 34.0 percent and 14.2 percent, respectively, compared with a U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, was primarily attributed to an increase in tax liability associated with transfer pricing adjustments, non-deductible executive compensation, and net unfavorable foreign tax related items, partially offset by favorable deductions for stock compensation.
The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020, was primarily attributed to a decrease in tax liability associated with uncertain tax positions and release of valuation allowance for deferred tax assets expected to be utilized in the prior year. The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, was primarily attributed to a decrease in tax liability associated with uncertain tax positions and release of valuation allowance for deferred tax assets expected to be utilized in the prior year, partially offset by transfer pricing adjustments and foreign losses during that period that were not expected to provide future tax benefit, as well as net unfavorable foreign tax related items.
The difference between the effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to September 30, 2020 is primarily caused by an increase in the current period tax liability associated with transfer pricing adjustments and non-deductible executive compensation, partially offset by favorable deductions for stock compensation in the current period, as well as decreases in prior period uncertain tax positions and valuation allowances which did not repeat in the current period.
As the U.S. Department of the Treasury is working on finalizing Treasury Regulations with respect to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Reform Act), future changes could likewise affect recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities in later periods. Management is not aware of any such additional changes that would have a material effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
Our U.S. federal income tax returns for 2017 through 2020 are open to examination for federal tax purposes. We have several foreign tax jurisdictions with open tax years from 2014 through 2020.
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we have accrued $5,000 and $0.1 million, respectively, related to unrecognized tax positions.
Interim income taxes are based on an estimated annualized effective tax rate applied to the respective quarterly periods, adjusted for discrete tax items in the period in which they occur. Although we believe our tax estimates are reasonable, we can make no assurance that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different from that which we have reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals. Such differences could have a material impact on our income tax provision and operating results in the period in which we make such determination.
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