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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The effective tax rate on earnings (loss) from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was 29.3% compared to (52.7)% for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The effective tax rate in 2020 was favorably impacted by the release of valuation allowances and rate benefits resulting from the carryback of our 2019 federal net operating loss as allowed by the CARES Act, enacted on March 27, 2020. This benefit was offset by an increase in the valuation allowance against foreign tax credit carryforwards and certain foreign losses, as well as a small addition to uncertain tax benefits. The effective tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 was unfavorably impacted by the U.S. tax on global intangible low-tax income and foreign income tax rates that exceed the U.S. statutory rate of 21%, as well as the establishment of valuation allowances against certain foreign losses. Earnings attributable to non-controlling interests from continuing operations, for which income taxes are not typically our responsibility, favorably impacted the effective tax rate for March 31, 2019.