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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, we earned $50.5 million before taxes and provided for income taxes of $2.7 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 5.4%. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, we earned $71.4 million before taxes and provided for income taxes of $6.5 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 9.1%. The effective tax rate varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the three months ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to the net impact of foreign operations and favorable resolution of audits in foreign jurisdictions. The effective tax rate varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to the net impact of foreign operations, the reversal of certain deferred tax liabilities as a result of restructuring specific aspects of our global financing arrangements, higher withholding taxes related to transactions with and amongst various foreign subsidiaries and favorable resolution of audits in foreign jurisdictions.
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, we earned $12.8 million before taxes and provided for income taxes of $4.5 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 35.2%. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, we earned $64.0 million before taxes and provided for income taxes of $41.5 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 64.8%. The effective tax rate varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020 primarily due to the net impact of foreign operations. The effective tax rate varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate for the six months ended June 30, 2020 primarily due to the establishment of a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets given the current and anticipated impact to the Company's operations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the distressed oil prices, and the net impact of foreign operations.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have enacted or are contemplating measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures may include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., includes measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, there were no material tax impacts to our condensed consolidated financial statements as they relate to the CARES Act or any other global COVID-19 measures. We continue to monitor additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and others.
As of June 30, 2021, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $3.6 million from December 31, 2020. With limited exception, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax audits for years through 2017, state and local income tax audits for years through 2014 or non-U.S. income tax audits for years through 2013. We are currently under examination for various years in Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Venezuela.
It is reasonably possible that within the next 12 months the effective tax rate will be impacted by the resolution of some or all of the matters audited by various taxing authorities. It is also reasonably possible that we will have the statute of limitations close in various taxing jurisdictions within the next 12 months. As such, we estimate we could record a reduction in our tax expense of approximately $13 million within the next 12 months.