INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

NOTE 7 INCOME TAXES

We have historically calculated our provision for income taxes during interim reporting periods by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate for the full year to pre-tax income or loss, excluding discrete items, for the reporting period. We used a discrete effective tax rate method to calculate income taxes for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022. We determined that, since small changes in estimated "ordinary" income would result in significant changes in the estimated annual effective tax rate the historical annualized effective rate method would not provide a reliable estimate for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022. We anticipate utilizing the discrete effective tax rate method to calculate the provision for income taxes for the remainder of this fiscal year.

Our income tax provision (benefit) from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $2.7 million and $(36.6) million, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of (136.9) percent and 22.9 percent, respectively. Our income tax (benefit) from continuing operations for the six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $(4.9) million and $(54.7) million, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of 8.0 percent and 21.4 percent, respectively. Effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to state and foreign income taxes and permanent non-deductible items. Additionally, the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2022 differs from the statutory rate due to the adjustments required to reflect the change in methodology to calculate the provision for income taxes as discussed above.

Effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent for the three and six months ended March 31, 2021 primarily due to state and foreign income taxes, permanent non-deductible items and discrete adjustments. Additionally, the effective tax rate for the three and six months ended March 31, 2021 includes a federal tax benefit arising from the ability to carryback the projected fiscal year 2021 federal net operating loss to a year when the statutory rate was 35.0 percent. The discrete adjustments for the six months ended March 31, 2021 is primarily due to tax expense related to equity compensation of $4.1 million.

For the next 12 months, we cannot predict with certainty whether we will achieve ultimate resolution of any uncertain tax positions associated with our U.S. and international operations that could result in increases or decreases of our unrecognized tax benefits. However, we do not expect these increases or decreases to have a material effect on our results of continuing operations or financial position.