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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes


The company had an effective tax rate of 19.5% and 17.8% on losses before tax from continuing operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, compared to an expected benefit of 21.0% on the continuing operations pre-tax loss for each period. The company had an effective tax rate of 21.9% and 21.0% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, compared to an expected benefit of 21.0% on the continuing operations pre-tax loss for each period. The company's effective tax rate for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018 were unfavorable as compared to the U.S. federal statutory rate expected benefit, principally due to the negative impact of the company not being able to record tax benefits related to the significant losses in countries which had tax valuation allowances. The effective tax rate was increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018 by certain taxes outside the United States, excluding countries with tax valuation allowances, that were at an effective rate higher than the U.S. statutory rate.