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Income Tax Provision (Tables) - DiscoverOrg Holdings | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The benefit from income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 consists of the following (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  |  |  |
Current tax provision |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
State | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |
Foreign | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
| $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax provision |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | (5.0) |  |  | $ | (2.0) |  |  |  |  |
State | (2.2) |  |  | (1.0) |  |  |  |  |
| $ | (7.2) |  |  | $ | (3.0) |  |  |  |  |
Expense (benefit) from income taxes | $ | (6.5) |  |  | $ | (2.9) |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the effective income tax rate differs from the federal statutory income tax rate as explained below:
| Year Ended December 31, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit | 1.6 | % |  | 5.8 | %
Nontaxable partnerships | (14.8) | % |  | (17.4) | %
Other | 0.5 | % |  | (0.3) | %
Valuation allowance | (0.6) | % |  | — | %
Effective income tax rate | 7.7 | % |  | 9.1 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, net deferred tax liability in the accompanying balance sheet included the following components (in millions):
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 4.9 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense carryforward | 7.2 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |
Credit carryforwards | 1.3 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Other | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Total deferred tax assets | $ | 13.4 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in DiscoverOrg Data LLC | 94.0 |  |  | 12.4 |  |  |  |  |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 94.0 |  |  | 12.4 |  |  |  |  |
Less valuation allowance | 2.2 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred tax liability | $ | 82.8 |  |  | $ | 10.2 |  |  |  |  |

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