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Income taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income taxes

15. Income taxes

Income tax provisions for interim periods are based on an estimated annual income tax rate, adjusted for discrete tax items.  As a result, the Company’s interim effective tax rates may vary significantly from the statutory tax rate and the annual effective tax rate.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective tax rate was (9.5%) and 181.4%, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective tax rate was 164.7% and 107.9%, respectively. The primary factors affecting the Company’s effective tax rate for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, were statute expirations related to unrecognized tax benefits, financial deductions not recognized for tax purposes, limits on executive compensation, and reversal of tax benefits related to certain performance stock units forfeited in the current year. The financial deductions not recognized for tax purposes are primarily related to the remeasurement of contingent consideration. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was further affected by the reversal of a $3.0 million tax benefit recorded in the first quarter related to a beneficial rate difference on a potential federal loss carryback available under the CARES Act that the Company no longer expects to benefit from.

The CARES Act, among other things, includes income tax provisions relating to net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations, and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. As of June 30, 2020, the Company does not expect a significant impact to its income tax expense (benefit) for fiscal year 2020 as a result of the CARES Act.

During the first quarter of 2020, the statute of limitations expired related to certain unrecognized tax benefits, which resulted in the recognition of a net benefit of $17.8 million. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recognized net expense of $0.1 million and a net benefit of $17.8 million, respectively, related to uncertain tax benefits. The Company believes it is reasonably possible that, in the next 12 months, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits related to the resolution of federal, state and foreign matters could be reduced by $0.2 million to $0.7 million as audits close and statutes expire.