INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

INCOME TAXES [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

13. INCOME TAXES

Our provision for income tax expense was $9.5 million and $31.1 million for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $8.4 million and $25.0 million for the same periods in the prior year. Our effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, was 26.4% and 27.7%, compared to 28.1% and 29.8% for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2020. The change in our effective income tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to a prior year unfavorable adjustment to the federal benefit from state taxes.