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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
Laureate's income tax provisions for all periods consist of federal, state and foreign income taxes. The tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are based on estimated full-year effective tax rates, adjusted for discrete income tax items related specifically to the interim periods. Laureate has operations in multiple countries at various statutory tax rates and other operations that are loss-making entities for which it is not more likely than not that a tax benefit will be realized on the loss.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized income tax expense of $72,526, as compared to $101,379 in the prior year period. The Company recognized a net deferred tax benefit of approximately $37,900 during the three months ended September 30, 2024 related to the release of a deferred tax liability that was no longer required upon completion of an entity restructuring following regulatory approval.

Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was attributable to pretax income, the jurisdictional mix of earnings, and pretax losses for which the Company cannot recognize a tax benefit as well as, for 2024, the discrete tax benefit described above. In addition, the Company benefited from changes in reserves for uncertain tax positions in both periods.