Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax

6. Income Taxes

The effective income tax rates on continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were 33.77% and 9.70%, respectively. In general, the effective tax rates differed from the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to state income taxes, non-deductible expenses such as those related to certain executive compensation, and other discrete tax benefits recorded during the period.

The year-to-date provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included taxes on earnings at an anticipated annual effective tax rate of 25.19% and a favorable tax impact of $58,433 related primarily to discrete tax benefits originating from stock option exercises and stock-based compensation expenses recorded in the three months ended June 30, 2021.

The year-to-date provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 included taxes on earnings at an anticipated annual effective tax rate of 25.52% and a favorable tax impact of $3,503 related primarily to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) that was enacted into law in March 2020.

The CARES Act permitted the Company to carry back federal net operating losses to earlier tax years where the highest federal statutory income tax rate was 35.00%, resulting in an increase in the tax benefit originally computed at 21.00% of the expected net operating loss carryforward.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not record any unrecognized tax benefits or interest and penalties related to any uncertain tax positions.