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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2021 was 13.5 percent as compared to 19.1 percent for the three month period ended March 31, 2020. The effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21 percent primarily due to foreign earnings taxed at rates below the U.S. statutory rate, the recognition of the U.S. foreign-derived intangible income (FDII) provisions, and certain discrete events including excess tax benefits from share-based compensation partially offset by state taxes.

The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily a result of more favorable discrete events, including increased excess tax benefits from share-based compensation, recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2021, compared with the same period in 2020.

During the first quarter of 2021, the Company also recorded a deferred tax benefit of $0.8 million as a result of a tax election made in a foreign jurisdiction.