INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

For the three-month period ended June 30, 2021, the Company's effective tax rate was 13.9% compared to an effective tax rate of 9.2% for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020. For the three-month period ended June 30, 2021, the rate was positively impacted by $0.4 million related to accounting method changes and $0.2 million related to foreign earnings taxed at higher rates. These were partially offset by $0.3 million of valuation allowance activity. For the three-month period ended June 30, 2020, the rate was negatively impacted by valuation allowance activity of $0.5 million and a foreign withholding tax liability of $0.4 million, resulting in a lower effective tax rate when in a pre-tax loss position.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2021, the Company's effective tax rate was 25.8% compared to an effective tax rate of 4.0% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2021, the rate was negatively impacted by $0.6 million due to a change in assertion on unremitted foreign earnings and $0.5 million of valuation allowance activity. These were partially offset by a benefit of $0.4 million related to accounting method changes. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, the Company had a pre-tax loss primarily resulting from impairment charges of $61.1 million. The impairment charges significantly impacted the Company's effective tax rate because $48.7 million of the impairment charges related to non-deductible goodwill, resulting in a low effective tax rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 when in a pre-tax loss position. Additionally, the effective rate was negatively impacted by valuation allowance activity of $0.7 million.

The Company and its United States subsidiaries file a consolidated federal income tax return, as well as returns required by various state and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing

authorities, including such major jurisdictions as the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal examinations for years before 2017, state and local examinations for years before 2016, and non-U.S. income tax examinations for years before 2013.

The Company’s effective tax rates in future periods could be affected by an increase or decrease in earnings in countries where tax rates differ from the United States federal tax rate, the relative impact of permanent tax adjustments on earnings from domestic operations, changes in net deferred tax asset valuation allowances, including valuation allowances on loss carryforwards in which no tax benefit can be recognized, stock vesting, pension plan terminations, the completion of acquisitions or divestitures, changes in tax rates or tax laws and the completion of ongoing tax planning strategies and audits.