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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXESOur effective tax rate was 27 percent and 19 percent for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase in the rate was primarily due to a $5 million income tax expense from the elimination of a disproportionate tax effect from accumulated other comprehensive loss, relating to our interest rate swap, following the retirement of the related debt in March 2021 and a $5 million increase to income tax expense from an anticipated loss on the termination of our qualified domestic defined-benefit pension plans in 2021 providing no tax benefit in certain jurisdictions. The increase in the rate was also due to an additional $4 million income tax benefit on stock-based compensation, recognized in the first quarter of 2020.