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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
Our quarterly tax provision is calculated using an estimated annual tax rate that is adjusted for discrete items occurring during the period to arrive at our effective tax rate. During the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, we had effective tax rates of 26.7% and 23.6%, respectively, resulting in provisions for taxes of $27.2 million and $8.6 million, respectively. The difference between the effective tax rate and statutory rate is primarily related to tax credits. The rate difference between periods is driven by increased income in 2021.
Our effective tax rates for the three months ended January 31, 2021 and January 31, 2020, were not impacted by any significant discrete items.
In response to COVID-19, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides various tax provisions, including payroll tax provisions, which we have evaluated for applicability. Through December 31, 2020, we deferred approximately $132 million of payroll tax, which the CARES Act requires to be remitted by December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 in equal parts. The impact of the income tax provisions was not material.
We plan to reinvest our foreign earnings to fund future non-U.S. growth and expansion, and we do not anticipate remitting such earnings to the United States. While U.S. federal tax expense has been recognized as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, no deferred tax liabilities with respect to federal and state income taxes or foreign withholding taxes have been recognized.