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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

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Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 reflects effective tax rates of 13.8% and 15.9%, respectively. The decrease in the effective rate for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily attributable

to the release of an income tax uncertainty reserve related to the deductibility of equity-based compensation and the taxable gain on the foreign currency derivatives settlement in August 2019, which allowed the Company to deduct more interest.

The provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 reflects effective tax rates of 17.6% and 9.5%, respectively. The increase in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily attributable to a discrete benefit of $10.5 million recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 related to a change in the provisional amount recorded at December 31, 2017 in connection with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”).