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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
During the second quarter of 2021, the Italian tax authorities released Tax Guidance related to the application of tax basis realignment rules for intangible property ("Realignment") which provides Italian taxpayers with the opportunity to step up the basis of goodwill and intangibles to their fair market value and amortize the step up over 18 years for tax purposes in exchange for paying a 3% tax on the step up, payable over a three years period. The Company opted to elect the Realignment in June 2021 and accordingly recorded a tax payable of $3,008 and a long-term tax payable of $6,016. The Company also recorded a deferred tax asset of $83,921 related to the Realignment. Accounting guidance requires that when a deferred tax asset is realigned for tax purposes, a corresponding revaluation reserve also be recorded. Under Italian tax rules, any dividends paid out of this revaluation reserve are subject to tax at a 24% rate. Accordingly, the Company recorded a deferred tax liability of $72,190 related to the potential 24% tax due on any dividends, paid out of the revaluation reserve. The deferred tax asset and liability balances have been presented on a net basis on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company also recorded a one time $2,707 benefit to the provision in the quarter related to this election and related accounting.

The Company's effective tax rate for the first half of 2021 was 26.6% compared with 37.6% in the first half of 2020 and 37.6% for the full year 2020. The decrease in the first half of 2021 effective tax rate from the full year 2020 rate is primarily due to the absence of tax expense related to the completed sale of the Seeger business in 2020, the second quarter 2021 benefit related to the tax basis of goodwill and intangibles at Automation and a favorable mix in earnings based on tax jurisdictions. The tax rate benefits were partially offset by second quarter 2021 tax expense related to the revaluation of UK deferred taxes resulting from a legislative increase in the corporate tax rate.

The Aerospace and Industrial segments have a number of multi-year tax holidays in Singapore and China. The tax holiday in China expired at the end of 2020. The Company has re-applied for approval of a potential three-year holiday in China which could reduce the tax rate. The Company anticipates notification of a decision on its application for the holiday in the latter half of 2021. These holidays are subject to the Company meeting certain commitments in the respective jurisdictions. Aerospace was granted an income tax holiday for operations recently established in Malaysia. This holiday commenced effective November 2020 and remains effective for a period of ten years from inception.