INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

NOTE 15 — INCOME TAXES

The Company recognized $93,991 of tax expense on pretax income of $457,069, resulting in an effective income tax rate of 20.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The effective income tax rate was 20.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The effective tax rate was higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared with the same period in 2021, primarily due to the geographic mix of earnings and the impact of favorable discrete tax adjustments in 2021.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $18,375 of unrecognized tax benefits. If recognized, approximately $15,195 would be reflected as a component of income tax expense.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2017. The Company is currently subject to U.S., various state and non-U.S. income tax audits.

Unrecognized tax benefits are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted for changing facts and circumstances, including progress of tax audits and closing of statutes of limitations. Based on information currently available, management believes that additional audit activity could be completed and/or statutes of limitations may close relating to existing unrecognized tax benefits. It is reasonably possible there could be a reduction of $3,655 in previously unrecognized tax benefits by the end of the third quarter 2023.