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TAXES ON INCOME
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
TAXES ON INCOME TAXES ON INCOME
    For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective income tax rate was 23.7% and 22.9%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020, benefited from a lower effective income tax rate associated with a $70 million gain recognized as a result of the remeasurement of the Company's previously held equity interest in MACL to fair value (see Note 5); and $3 million of excess tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation arrangements. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2019 benefited from a $6 million income tax benefit due to the release of a valuation allowance associated with net operating loss carryforwards; and $3 million of excess tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation arrangements.

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective income tax rate was 23.9% and 23.4%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, benefited from a lower effective income tax rate associated with a $70 million gain recognized as a result of the remeasurement of the Company's previously held equity interest in MACL to fair value (see Note 5); and $15 million of excess tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation arrangements. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 benefited from $11 million of excess tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation arrangements; and a $10 million income tax benefit due to the release of valuation allowances associated with net operating loss carryforwards.

    The effective income tax rate associated with the $70 million gain recognized as a result of the remeasurement of the Company's previously held equity interest in MACL to fair value was 11.8% due to a permanent difference in the financial reporting and tax basis of goodwill.
    For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company utilized the most likely estimate of its annual income before taxes to determine the annual effective income tax rate for 2020. As a result of uncertainty associated with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that the Company will experience variability in the annual projections and, as a result, the annual effective income tax rate.