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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 6. Income Taxes

The following table summarizes our effective tax rate for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

19,369

 

 

$

21,542

 

 

$

73,016

 

 

$

44,153

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

2,701

 

 

 

2,104

 

 

 

2,558

 

 

 

6,323

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

13.9

%

 

 

9.8

%

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

14.3

%

 

The increase in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to the same period in 2020, was primarily due to a decrease in excess tax benefits related to the exercise of non-qualified stock options. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to the same period in 2020, was primarily due to an increase in excess tax benefits related to the exercise of non-qualified stock options.