Income Tax Matters

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Matters

9. Income Tax Matters

The income tax (provision) benefit consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):

	Quarter Ended March 31,
	2022			2021
Domestic	$	(2.9	)	$	0.6
Foreign		(0.4	)		(0.3	)
Total	$	(3.3	)	$	0.3

The income tax (provision) benefit for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021 was $(3.3) million and $0.3 million, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 29% and (6%), respectively. The difference between the effective tax rate and the projected blended statutory tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 was primarily due to: (i) an increase of 4% of pre‑tax income for the recognition of excess book benefits from stock based compensation; (ii) an increase of 1% of pre-tax income related to state tax adjustments for certain state net operating losses; and (iii) an increase of 1% of pre-tax income related to non‑deductible compensation expense, partially offset by a decrease of 2% of pre-tax income related to a Federal Research and Development credit. 

The difference between the effective tax rate and the projected blended statutory tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 was primarily due to: (i) a decrease of 15% of pre-tax income for a change in state tax rate due to the Warrick rolling mill acquisition; (ii) a decrease of 10% of pre-tax income related to the valuation allowance for certain state net operating losses; and (iii) a decrease of 6% of pre-tax income for the recognition of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation.

Our gross unrecognized benefits relating to uncertain tax positions were $4.6 million and $4.1 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, of which, $4.6 million and $4.1 million would be recorded through our income tax provision and thus impact the effective tax rate at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, if the gross unrecognized tax benefits were to be recognized.

We do not expect our gross unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change within the next 12 months.