Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 17. Income Taxes The effective tax rate was 4.8% for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and a negative 20.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The effective tax rate was 5.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and a negative 7.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2020. In prior quarters, the income tax provision was computed based on our estimated annualized effective tax rate (“AETR”) and the full-year forecasted income or loss plus the tax impact of unusual, infrequent, or nonrecurring significant items during the period. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we did not use the AETR to compute the quarter’s income tax benefit. Instead, the income tax benefit was computed using the actual year-to-date effective tax rate as the AETR became highly sensitive due to the amount of aggregate income projected in Canada, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and immaterial European operations was marginally positive. As the projected income is expected to be marginally positive in these operations, the actual effective tax rate was a better estimate of the current quarter tax benefit than the amount computed using the AETR. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was less than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of excluding the tax benefits on losses recognized in the United States, United Kingdom, and other European countries. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded a valuation allowance against the current year tax benefit on the losses recognized by Flyover Iceland and recorded a $1.5 million valuation allowance against the net operating loss tax assets generated by our historic Flyover Iceland operations as the uncertainty of business from international travel to Iceland increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This charge was primarily offset by the recording of a $1.0 million benefit associated with the carry back of 2020 Canadian net operating loss to request $6.5 million of prior year paid taxes incurred when we were subject to higher statutory rates. The negative effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 were due to the recording of a valuation allowance of $25.5 million in the second quarter of 2020 against our remaining United States, United Kingdom, and other European net deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2020, as well as no tax benefits on non-deductible goodwill impairments and losses recognized in those jurisdictions. We recorded the valuation allowance based upon the level of historical losses and the uncertainty and timing of future income. We received cash refunds of $0.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and made net cash payments of $0.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021. We received tax refunds in excess of payments of $11.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $7.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Note 17. Income Taxes

The effective tax rate was 4.8% for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and a negative 20.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The effective tax rate was 5.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and a negative 7.1% for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

In prior quarters, the income tax provision was computed based on our estimated annualized effective tax rate (“AETR”) and the full-year forecasted income or loss plus the tax impact of unusual, infrequent, or nonrecurring significant items during the period. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we did not use the AETR to compute the quarter’s income tax benefit. Instead, the income tax benefit was computed using the actual year-to-date effective tax rate as the AETR became highly sensitive due to the amount of aggregate income projected in Canada, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and immaterial European operations was marginally positive. As the projected income is expected to be marginally positive in these operations, the actual effective tax rate was a better estimate of the current quarter tax benefit than the amount computed using the AETR.

The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was less than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of excluding the tax benefits on losses recognized in the United States, United Kingdom, and other European countries. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we recorded a valuation allowance against the current year tax benefit on the losses recognized by Flyover Iceland and recorded a $1.5 million valuation allowance against the net operating loss tax assets generated by our historic Flyover Iceland operations as the uncertainty of business from international travel to Iceland increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This charge was primarily offset by the recording of a $1.0 million benefit associated with the carry back of 2020 Canadian net operating loss to request $6.5 million of prior year paid taxes incurred when we were subject to higher statutory rates.

The negative effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 were due to the recording of a valuation allowance of $25.5 million in the second quarter of 2020 against our remaining United States, United Kingdom, and other European net deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2020, as well as no tax benefits on non-deductible goodwill impairments and losses recognized in those jurisdictions. We recorded the valuation allowance based upon the level of historical losses and the uncertainty and timing of future income.

We received cash refunds of $0.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and made net cash payments of $0.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021. We received tax refunds in excess of payments of $11.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $7.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

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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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