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INCOME TAXES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
INCOME TAXES | INCOME TAXES The effective income tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were 19.4% and 62.0%, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 were 20.6% and 7.9%, respectively. The period-over-period change in the effective income tax rates is due to the buy-in of our sponsored vehicles which results in Enbridge being taxed on all of our sponsored vehicle earnings rather than on just our proportionate share, lower 2019 foreign tax rate differentials, non-recurring goodwill impairments from the third quarter of 2018, and a recovery in the second quarter of 2018 related to a change in assertion for the investment in Canadian renewable assets due to the sale which resulted in the recognition of previously unrecognized tax basis.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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