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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate from Continuing Operations |
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
Reported tax rate | 16.5 | % |  | 18.9 | % |  |  |  |
Impact of certain receipts/charges(1) | 1.5 | % |  | (0.3) | % |  |  |  |
Rate from continuing operations | 18.0 | % |  | 18.6 | % |  |  |  |
(1)These receipts/charges are taxed at different rates than our rate from continuing operations.

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