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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
Income tax provisions for interim periods are based on estimated annual income tax rates, adjusted to reflect the effects of any significant infrequent or unusual items which are required to be discretely recognized within the current interim period. The Company expects that a majority of its foreign earnings will be repatriated back to the United States ("U.S."). As a result, the effective tax rates in the periods presented are largely based upon the forecasted pre-tax earnings mix and allocation of certain expenses in various taxing jurisdictions where the Company conducts its business.

The effective tax rate is as follows:
 Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
In millions2021202020212020
Effective tax rate25.4 %(1,333.3)%26.0 %835.3 %

For the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company had no material discrete tax adjustments.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded $4 million of discrete tax benefit, a majority of which related to the excess tax benefit derived from stock-based compensation vesting.
For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $39 million discrete tax expense, a majority of which related to the adjustment of the marginal tax rate from the first quarter of 2020 based on revised full-year forecasted earnings. As a result, the Company recorded income tax expense of $40 million on a pre-tax net loss of $3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, resulting in an effective income tax rate of (1,333.3)%.
For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $113 million of discrete tax benefit. The discrete tax expense of $39 million recorded in the second quarter of 2020 described above was offset by $152 million of discrete tax benefit recorded in the first quarter of 2020, a majority of which related to an intra-entity asset transfer of certain of the Company's intellectual property ("IP") to one of its Irish subsidiaries, which occurred on January 1, 2020. As a result of these discrete items, the Company recorded $142 million of income tax benefit on a on a pre-tax net loss of $17 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, resulting in an effective income tax rate of 835.3%.
The Company estimates its annual effective tax rate for 2021 to be approximately 30%, which takes into consideration, among other things, the forecasted earnings mix by jurisdiction and the impact of discrete tax items to be recognized in 2021. Under U.S. tax law, U.S. shareholders are subject to a tax on global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI") earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. The Company has elected to provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the year in which the tax is incurred. The Company does not expect a material amount of tax expense related to GILTI based on our forecasted marginal effective tax rate for 2021.