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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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We recorded income tax expense of $4.3 million and an income tax benefit of $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, our effective tax rate differed substantially from the statutory tax rate primarily due to additional tax benefits recognized related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") enacted on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act, among other things, modified the business interest deduction limitation for tax years beginning in 2019 and 2020 from 30% of adjusted taxable income ("ATI") to 50% of ATI. As a result, we recorded an additional tax benefit of $3.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 to reflect the CARES Act change to our estimated interest limitation for the year ended December 31, 2019. This tax benefit was partially offset by a net tax shortfall for share-based compensation.

In addition to the interest limitation change, the CARES Act includes modifications for net operating loss carryforwards and carrybacks, immediate refund of alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards and a technical correction to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "2017 Act") for qualified improvement property. The CARES Act also includes non-income tax relief for which we will benefit, including the deferral of certain payroll tax payments and payroll tax credits for retaining employees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we recognized $2.0 million for these credits, which are intended to be a reimbursement for certain wage and benefit costs we would have otherwise not incurred.

On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Treasury released final and proposed regulations regarding the provision of the 2017 Act that limits the deduction for business interest expense. The guidance is not effective until 60 days after being published in the Federal Register. We will continue to monitor the expected impacts on our filing positions and financial statements and will recognize such amounts as a one-time discrete income tax benefit in the period the guidance is finalized.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded income tax expense of $0.7 million and an income tax benefit of less than $0.1 million, respectively. For the period ended June 30, 2019, our effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate primarily due to (i) losses generated by certain of our Canadian subsidiaries for which no income tax benefit was recognized due to a related full valuation allowance, (ii) adjustments related to the tax rate change enacted as part of the 2017 Act and (iii) state income taxes.