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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

11.	Income Taxes

We file income tax returns in various federal, state and local jurisdictions. Tax years from 2017 forward remain open for examination by Federal authorities. Tax years from 2014 forward remain open for all significant state and foreign authorities.

We account for uncertain tax positions pursuant to ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes.” As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the liability for uncertain tax positions totaled approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which is included in “Other liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We recognize accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions and penalties, if any, in income tax expense within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Certain of the Company’s undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries are not permanently reinvested. Since foreign earnings have already been subject to United States income tax in 2017 as a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we intend to repatriate foreign-held cash as needed. We record deferred income tax attributable to foreign withholding taxes that would become payable should we decide to repatriate cash held in our foreign operations. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we have recorded deferred income taxes of $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively, on the undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries.

Income tax expense was $0.6 million and $0.8 million for the first quarter of 2021 and 2020, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 was 29.8% compared with 18.6% for first quarter of 2020. The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 is higher than the United States federal statutory rate. Our effective tax rate is affected by certain other permanent differences, including state income taxes, non-deductible incentive stock-based compensation, the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income inclusion and Foreign-Derived Intangible Income deduction, tax credits, and differences in tax rates among the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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