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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 12 – Income Taxes

The quarterly forecast of our annual effective tax rate is impacted by numerous factors including income fluctuations by tax jurisdiction throughout the year, the level of intercompany transactions, applicability of new tax regimes and the impact of acquisitions. For the three-month period ended December 31, 2020, we concluded it is more appropriate to determine income tax expense for the period using a blend of the discrete effective tax rate method for U.S. operations and the estimated annual effective tax rate method for foreign operations.

The income tax expense recognized on the pre-tax loss from continuing operations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 resulted in tax expense of $3.5 million, or negative 92% effective tax rate, as compared to tax expense of $6.2 million, or negative 64% effective tax rate, for the three month ended December 31, 2019. The variability in tax expense and effective tax rates relates to the difference in jurisdictional mix of earnings and discrete impacts related to current year changes to the existing U.S. deferred tax valuation allowance.