Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 6 - Income Taxes

The Company's provision for income taxes in interim periods is computed by applying the estimated annual effective tax rates to income or loss before income taxes for the period. In addition, non-recurring or discrete items are recorded during the period(s) in which they occur.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
Provision for income taxes	$	26.7		$	20.4		$	108.9		$	75.1
Effective tax rate	22.8		%	18.2		%	25.5		%	19.3		%

Income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was calculated using forecasted multi-jurisdictional annual effective tax rates to determine a blended annual effective tax rate. The effective tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the projected mix of earnings in international jurisdictions with relatively higher tax rates.

The effective tax rate of 22.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was higher than the rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 primarily due to the net unfavorable impact of discrete tax items in comparison to the year ago period.

The effective tax rate of 25.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was higher than the rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 primarily due to an unfavorable mix of earnings in higher tax rate jurisdictions, the net unfavorable impact of discrete tax items, including a discrete tax benefits in the year ago period in connection with the settlement of the 2017 and 2018 U.S. federal tax years during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and lower deductions for stock-based compensation.