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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The effective income tax rate for income taxes as a percentage of income from continuing operations before equity in earnings of affiliates and income taxes was a benefit of 10.4% and and provision of 27.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and a provision of 10.0% and a benefit of 718.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") concluded their examination of our 2010 to 2012 income tax returns resulting in the recognition of a discrete tax benefit of approximately $24 million, inclusive of anticipated interest and state taxes.
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, when compared to the same period for 2019, the change in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to the benefit recorded in relation to the settlement of the IRS examination in 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, when compared to the same period for 2019, the change in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to the benefit recorded in relation to the settlement of the IRS examination in 2020 as compared to a smaller nonrecurring benefit recorded in 2019 related to the reversal of state tax reserves.     

We are currently under examination for the year 2016 by the IRS, our primary taxing authority, and for other years by various other taxing authorities. It is reasonably possible the amount of the unrecognized benefits could be significantly impacted which would have an impact on net income.