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INCOME TAXES (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES We generally record our interim tax provision based upon a projection of the Company’s annual effective tax rate ("AETR"). This AETR is applied to the year-to-date consolidated pre-tax income to determine the interim provision for income taxes before discrete items. We update the AETR on a quarterly basis as the pre-tax income projections are revised and tax laws are enacted. The effective tax rate ("ETR") each period is impacted by a number of factors, including the relative mix of domestic and international earnings, adjustments to the valuation allowances and discrete items. The currently forecasted ETR may vary from the actual year-end due to the changes in these factors.The Company’s global ETR for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was 11% and 48%, respectively. The decline in ETR was driven by differences in the magnitude of taxable gains in the periods, as well as the low level of pre-tax book income which can yield large fluctuations in the ETR on a year-over-year basis.