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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
Our effective tax rate was 21.6 percent for the 2020 third quarter compared to 26.4 percent for the 2019 third quarter. The decrease in our effective tax rate was primarily due to the reduction of the accrual for the ICO fine described in Note 7, which had no tax impact.
Our effective tax rate was a benefit of 32.0 percent for the 2020 first three quarters compared to a provision of 21.9 percent for the 2019 first three quarters. The change in our effective tax rate was primarily due to a more favorable impact from stock based compensation, which was partially offset by an unfavorable impact from uncertain tax positions.
We paid cash for income taxes, net of refunds, of $240 million in the 2020 first three quarters and $376 million in the 2019 first three quarters.