Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The tax provision for interim periods is determined using the estimated annual effective consolidated tax rate, based on the current estimate of full-year earnings before taxes, adjusted for the impact of discrete quarterly items.

The provision for income taxes was $29.4 million and $20.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and the effective tax rate was 15.7% and 15.0%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to a tax benefit of $20.0 million related to the termination of the U.S. pension plan recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2022 that was not repeated in the same period in 2023. This was offset by an increase in the tax benefit related to stock-based compensation in the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022.

The provision for income taxes was $87.8 million and $85.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and the effective tax rate was 16.6% and 15.6%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate is primarily due to a tax benefit of $20.3 million related to the termination of the U.S. pension plan recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and a $5.9 million tax benefit recorded as the result of a state tax valuation allowance reversal in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 that were not repeated in the same period in 2023. This was offset by an increase in the tax benefit related to stock-based compensation in the nine months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to the same period in 2022.