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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense for the three months ended August 31, 2021 included $22.9 million of net discrete tax benefits consisting principally of the following: (i) $13.3 million of tax benefits due to the partial release of certain reserves for an unrecognized tax benefit and related interest in a non-U.S. jurisdiction based on a change in our assessment of the technical merits of that position associated with the availability of new information, (ii) $4.3 million of tax benefits from the resolution of other tax uncertainties, including the reversal of certain reserves for unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations, (iii) $2.4 million of tax benefits related to the revaluation of deferred taxes resulting from enacted legislation, (iv) $1.1 million of tax benefits resulting from an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed, and (v) $1.0 million of tax benefits resulting from a refinement of deferred state taxes directly related to our December 2020 acquisition of FONA.

Income tax expense for the nine months ended August 31, 2021 included $22.9 million of net discrete tax benefits consisting primarily of the following: (i) $13.3 million of tax benefits due to the partial release of certain reserves for an unrecognized tax benefit and related interest in a non-U.S. jurisdiction based on a change in our assessment of the technical merits of that position associated with the availability of new information, (ii) $9.2 million of tax benefits from the resolution of other tax uncertainties, including the reversal of certain reserves for unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations, (iii) $10.4 million of deferred state tax expense directly related to our December 2020 acquisition of FONA, (iv) $4.5 million of tax benefits associated with the release of a valuation allowance due to a change in judgment about realizability of deferred tax assets, (v) $2.2 million of excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation, (vi) $2.5 million of tax benefits related to the revaluation of deferred taxes resulting from enacted legislation, and (vii) $1.1 million of tax benefits resulting from an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed.
Income taxes for the three months ended August 31, 2020 included $13.2 million of discrete tax benefits consisting principally of the following: (i) $7.3 million of excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation, (ii) $2.1 million of tax benefits related to the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations, (iii) $2.0 million for an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed, and (iv) $1.1 million related to the revaluation of deferred taxes resulting from enacted legislation.
Income taxes for the nine months ended August 31, 2020 included $40.1 million of discrete tax benefits consisting principally of the following: (i) $13.0 million of excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation, (ii) $9.9 million of tax benefits associated with an intra-entity asset transfer that occurred during the first quarter, (iii) $9.3 million of tax benefits associated with the release of a valuation allowance due to a change in judgment about realizability of deferred tax assets, (iv) $5.5 million of tax benefits related to the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations in various jurisdictions, and (v) $2.0 million for an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed.
Other than additions for current year tax positions and the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest noted above, there were no significant changes to unrecognized tax benefits during the nine months ended August 31, 2021.
As of August 31, 2021, we believe the reasonably possible total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that could increase or decrease in the next 12 months as a result of various statute expirations, audit closures, and/or tax settlements would not be material to our consolidated financial statements.