Income taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income taxes
Income taxes	Note 11. Income taxes The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were 26.7% and 23.1%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was impacted by $1.4 million of discrete income tax benefit primarily related to the loss on debt extinguishment. The Company’s effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were 27.0% and 23.6%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was higher than the prior year period due to research and development credits, the final Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”) high-tax exclusion regulation released on July 20, 2020 and a change in valuation allowance on foreign deferred tax assets related to a merger of subsidiaries. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was impacted by $1.6 million of discrete income tax benefit primarily related to the loss on debt extinguishment and the impact of the net operating loss carryback and interest limitation changes related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including temporary changes regarding the prior and future utilization of net operating losses, temporary changes to the prior and future limitations on interest deductions, temporary suspension of certain payment requirements for the employer portion of social security taxes, the creation of certain refundable employee retention credits, and technical corrections from prior tax legislation for tax depreciation of certain qualified improvement property. The Company anticipates it will benefit from the prior and future utilization of net operating losses and interest deductions. Beginning with pay dates on and after April 17, 2020, the Company has elected to defer the employer-paid portion of social security taxes, resulting in an accrual of $2.7 million as of September 30, 2020. On July 20, 2020, Final Regulations were released with respect to the GILTI high-tax exclusion. The Final Regulations are effective for tax years starting after July 23, 2020, however, there may be availability for retroactive application back to tax years started after December 31, 2017. The Company has performed an analysis and determined there would be a benefit in both 2018 and 2019 for which a discrete item has been included in the third quarter of 2020 to reflect the impact of this benefit. In addition, we reduced our GILTI income as of the third quarter of 2020, the effect of which is reflected in the annual effective tax rate.

Income taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Note 11. Income taxes

The Company’s effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were 26.7% and 23.1%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was impacted by $1.4 million of discrete income tax benefit primarily related to the loss on debt extinguishment. The Company’s effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were 27.0% and 23.6%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was higher than the prior year period due to research and development credits, the final Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”) high-tax exclusion regulation released on July 20, 2020 and a change in valuation allowance on foreign deferred tax assets related to a merger of subsidiaries. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was impacted by $1.6 million of discrete income tax benefit primarily related to the loss on debt extinguishment and the impact of the net operating loss carryback and interest limitation changes related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including temporary changes regarding the prior and future utilization of net operating losses, temporary changes to the prior and future limitations on interest deductions, temporary suspension of certain payment requirements for the employer portion of social security taxes, the creation of certain refundable employee retention credits, and technical corrections from prior tax legislation for tax depreciation of certain qualified improvement property. The Company anticipates it will benefit from the prior and future utilization of net operating losses and interest deductions. Beginning with pay dates on and after April 17, 2020, the Company has elected to defer the employer-paid portion of social security taxes, resulting in an accrual of $2.7 million as of September 30, 2020.

On July 20, 2020, Final Regulations were released with respect to the GILTI high-tax exclusion. The Final Regulations are effective for tax years starting after July 23, 2020, however, there may be availability for retroactive application back to tax years started after December 31, 2017. The Company has performed an analysis and determined there would be a benefit in both 2018 and 2019 for which a discrete item has been included in the third quarter of 2020 to reflect the impact of this benefit. In addition, we reduced our GILTI income as of the third quarter of 2020, the effect of which is reflected in the annual effective tax rate.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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