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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate from Continuing Operations |
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Reported tax rate | 30.0 | % |  | 17.3 | % |  | 24.4 | % |  | 26.5 | %
Impact of certain receipts/charges(1) | (12.3) | % |  | (0.2) | % |  | (6.0) | % |  | (7.3) | %
Rate from continuing operations | 17.7 | % |  | 17.1 | % |  | 18.3 | % |  | 19.2 | %
(1)These receipts/charges are taxed at different rates than our rate from continuing operations.

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