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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Our quarterly income tax provision is calculated using an estimated annual effective income tax approach. The quarterly effective tax rate can differ from our estimated annual effective tax rate as the Company cannot apply an effective tax rate approach for all of its operations. For those entities that can apply an effective tax rate approach, as of June 30, 2020, our annual effective tax rate, excluding discrete items, is 27.5% for 2020, as compared to 26.0% as of June 30, 2019. 
The remaining entities, which are operations that generate pre-tax losses which cannot be tax benefited and/or have an effective tax rate which cannot be reliably estimated, have to account for their income taxes on a discrete year-to-date basis as of the end of each quarter and are excluded from the effective tax rate approach. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2020 also excludes the unfavorable impact of withholding taxes associated with certain intercompany payments, including royalties, service charges, interest and dividends, which in the aggregate are relatively consistent each year due to the need to repatriate funds to cover U.S. and U.K. based costs, such as interest on debt and central expenses. Withholding taxes associated with the relatively consistent intercompany payments are accounted for discretely and accrued in the provision for income taxes as they become due.
The provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $6.1 and $27.2, respectively. Our effective tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were (7.4)% and 127.7%, respectively. The provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $14.9 and $46.7, respectively. Our effective tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were (6.2)% and 278.0%.
The effective tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were impacted by CTI restructuring charges which could not all be benefitted, country mix of earnings and withholding taxes. The effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2020 was unfavorably impacted by miscellaneous income tax expense of approximately $2.3. The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2019 was also negatively impacted by the accrual of miscellaneous income tax expenses of approximately $.6.
The effective tax rates for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were impacted by CTI restructuring charges which could not all be benefitted, country mix of earnings and withholding taxes. The effective tax rate in the first half of 2020 was also unfavorably impacted by miscellaneous income tax expense of approximately $3.8. The effective tax rate in the first half of 2019 was also favorably impacted by the accrual of net income tax benefits of approximately $2.9 associated with the release of income tax reserves of approximately $3.3 associated with our uncertain tax positions net of other miscellaneous income tax expenses of approximately $.4.
In prior years, we had previously recorded valuation allowances against certain deferred tax assets associated with the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions. We intend to continue maintaining these valuation allowances on our deferred tax assets until there is sufficient evidence to support the reversal of all or some portion of these allowances. Release of the valuation allowance would result in the recognition of certain deferred tax assets and a decrease to income tax expense for the period the release is recorded. However, the exact timing and amount of the valuation allowance release are subject to change on the basis of the level of profitability that we are able to actually achieve.
Further, the Company continuously assesses available positive and negative evidence to estimate whether sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize our existing deferred tax assets that are not subject to a valuation allowance. As of June 30, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is a new piece of negative evidence the Company must consider. As of June 30, 2020, the Company has not changed any conclusions regarding the realizability of existing deferred tax assets that are not subject to a valuation allowance as a result of COVID-19. The Company will continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 and other effects that could impact the conclusions regarding the realizability of its deferred tax assets. Potential negative evidence, including worsening of the economies in the markets we operate in and reduced profitability of our markets could give rise to a need for a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets in upcoming quarters.