Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	(5) Income Taxes Our effective tax rate was 25.0% for the third quarter and 18.5% for the nine months of 2020 compared with 20.6% for the third quarter and 21.8% for the nine months of 2019. The tax rate for the nine months of 2020 includes a benefit of $133 million from the reduction of a valuation allowance on certain foreign tax loss carryforwards due to operational changes which impacted the determination of the realizability of the deferred tax asset in that jurisdiction. The 2020 tax rates were negatively impacted by decreased earnings in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions. The tax rates for the third quarter and nine months of 2019 included a benefit of $90 million from the reduction of a valuation allowance on certain tax loss carryforwards, partially offset by an expense of $50 million from the impact on our deferred taxes attributable to the enactment of a lower tax rate in the Netherlands. The tax rate for the nine months of 2019 was also favorably impacted by the TCJA, which resulted in an approximate $60 million tax benefit from accelerated deductions claimed on our 2018 tax return filed in 2019.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2020

(5) Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 25.0% for the third quarter and 18.5% for the nine months of 2020 compared with 20.6% for the third quarter and 21.8% for the nine months of 2019. The tax rate for the nine months of 2020 includes a benefit of $133 million from the reduction of a valuation allowance on certain foreign tax loss carryforwards due to operational changes which impacted the determination of the realizability of the deferred tax asset in that jurisdiction. The 2020 tax rates were negatively impacted by decreased earnings in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions. The tax rates for the third quarter and nine months of 2019 included a benefit of $90 million from the reduction of a valuation allowance on certain tax loss carryforwards, partially offset by an expense of $50 million from the impact on our deferred taxes attributable to the enactment of a lower tax rate in the Netherlands. The tax rate for the nine months of 2019 was also favorably impacted by the TCJA, which resulted in an approximate $60 million tax benefit from accelerated deductions claimed on our 2018 tax return filed in 2019.