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INCOME TAXES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
The following table provides the Company’s provision for (benefit from) income taxes and the effective income tax rate for the periods indicated:

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023202220232022
(In millions, except for tax rate)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes$276 $290 $648 $913 
Effective income tax rate21.7 %18.6 %21.8 %20.5 %

Total income tax expense from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 differed from amounts computed by applying the United States federal statutory tax rate to pre-tax income primarily due to (i) state income taxes, net of federal benefit, and (ii) the impact of permanent differences between book and taxable income, partially offset by (iii) a tax benefit resulting from a reduction in the valuation allowance on Viper’s deferred tax assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
As of September 30, 2023, Viper maintained a partial valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, based on its assessment of all available evidence, both positive and negative, supporting realizability of Viper’s deferred tax assets.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company’s items of discrete income tax expense or benefit were not material. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized discrete income tax benefit of $50 million related to a partial release of Viper’s beginning-of-the-year valuation allowance, based on a change in judgment about the realizability of Viper’s deferred tax assets in future years.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) was enacted on August 16, 2022, which created a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) on the “adjusted financial statement income” of certain large corporations (generally, corporations reporting at least $1 billion of average adjusted pre-tax net income on their consolidated financial statements) as well as an excise tax of 1% on the fair market value of certain public company stock/unit repurchases for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. Based on application of currently available guidance, the Company’s income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 were not impacted by the CAMT. The Company’s excise tax during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 was immaterial and was recognized as part of the cost basis of the units repurchased.