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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

10. Income Taxes

The Company’s quarterly provision for income taxes is based on an estimated effective annual income tax rate, and it also includes the tax impact of certain unusual or infrequently occurring items, if any. These may include changes in judgment about valuation allowances and effects of changes in tax laws or rates in the interim period in which they occur.

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $92 on pre-tax losses of $2,120. As of March 31, 2021, the income tax rate varies from the federal income tax rate primarily due to a partial release of foreign uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances in the United States and taxable income generated by the Company’s foreign wholly owned subsidiaries.

The Company reviews the likelihood that it will realize the benefit of its deferred tax assets and, therefore, the need for valuation allowances on a quarterly basis. There is no income tax benefit recognized with respect to losses incurred and no income tax expense recognized with respect to earnings generated in jurisdictions with a valuation allowance. This causes variability in the Company’s effective tax rate. The Company will maintain the valuation allowances until it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will be realized. The CARES Act enacted on March 27, 2020 did not provide an income tax benefit for the Company given the U.S. losses and the full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets.

Tax positions taken by the Company are subject to audits by multiple tax jurisdictions. The Company believes that it has provided adequate reserves for its uncertain tax positions for all tax years still open for assessment. The Company also believes that it does not have any tax position for which it is not reasonably possible that the total amounts of uncertain tax positions will significantly increase or decrease within the next year. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not recognize any material interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.