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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE 13 - INCOME TAXES

The estimated annual effective tax rate is forecasted quarterly using actual historical information and forward-looking estimates and applied to year-to-date ordinary income. The tax effects of unusual or infrequently occurring items, including changes in judgment about valuation allowances, settlements with taxing authorities and effects of changes in tax laws or rates, are reported in the interim period in which they occur.

The income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2019, was $4.8 million, resulting in an effective income tax rate of a 41.9 percent.  The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $7.7 million, resulting in an effective income tax rate of and 75.0 percent for nine months. The effective tax rate was higher than the statutory rate primarily due to the United States (U.S.) taxation of foreign earnings under the Global Intangible Low-Tax Income (“GILTI”) provisions of the Act, and the recognition of a valuation allowance on forecasted non-deductible interest, offset with a benefit due to the mix of earnings among tax jurisdictions.

The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $1.1 million resulting in an effective income tax rate of 5.9 percent. The effective tax rate was lower than the statutory rate primarily due to earnings in countries with tax rates lower than the U.S. statutory rate, offset in part by U.S. taxation of foreign earnings under the GILTI provisions of the Act. The income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was $7.1 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 91.4 percent. The effective tax rate was a benefit primarily due to a revision to the estimated U.S. tax on foreign earnings under the GILTI provisions of the Act.

At September 30, 2019, the Company remains indefinitely reinvested with respect to its initial investment and any associated potential withholding tax on earnings of its non-U.S. subsidiaries subject to the transition tax, as well as with respect to future earnings that will primarily fund the operations of the subsidiaries.