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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE 9 INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was 30.7% and 29.0%, respectively, and 28.8% and 24.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company is subject to federal income tax as well as taxes in various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. Tax statutes and regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to interpretation and require the application of significant judgment. The Company’s 2017 through 2019 tax years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for federal tax purposes. Certain significant state, local and foreign tax returns also remain open under the applicable statute of limitations and are subject to examination for the tax years from 2016 to 2019.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively, resulting from tax positions taken in a prior period.  Included in the balance as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, were $0.8 million and $0.3 million in unrecognized tax benefits, or tax positions that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate.

The Company’s policy is not to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of tax expense. The Company did not have any accrued penalty and interest at June 30, 2021 but had $0.1 million in accrued penalty and interest at June 30, 2020, respectively.

The Company has made no provision for deferred U.S. income taxes or additional foreign taxes on future unremitted earnings of its controlled foreign subsidiaries because the Company considers these earnings to be permanently invested.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company elected to participate in several novel coronavirus disease (“COVID-19”) tax-relief programs for which it was eligible. Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, the Company exercised the option to defer payment of the employer portion of the Social Security tax, with 50% to be repaid by December 31, 2021 and the remainder by December 31, 2022.  The Company deferred payment of approximately $20.9 million of employer Social Security taxes during the year ended December 31, 2020.  The current portion of the deferred payments are included in accrued salaries and benefits, and the remaining deferred payments are included in other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.