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INCOME TAXES
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded income tax expense of $9.7 million and $14.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company's effective income tax rate was 49.4% and 29.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the income tax expense differed in each period due to an overall decrease in pre-tax income. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the rate was negatively impacted by non-deductible interest expense and one-time impacts associated with transaction costs, which were also not fully deductible for income tax purposes.

The Company’s 2024 and 2023 income tax expense and rates differed from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate to pre-tax income primarily as a result of foreign income tax rate differential on the mix of earnings, non-deductible royalty expenses in certain foreign jurisdictions, the valuation allowance on the interest expense carryforward, and certain foreign inclusion items on the domestic provision. The 2024 rate further differed from the statutory rate due to non-deductible transaction costs.

The Company continues to monitor the realization of its deferred tax assets and assesses the need for a valuation allowance. The Company analyzes available positive and negative evidence to determine if a valuation allowance is needed based on the weight of the evidence. This objectively verifiable evidence primarily includes the past three years' profit and loss positions. This process requires management to make estimates, assumptions, and judgments that are uncertain in nature. The Company has established valuation allowances with respect to certain deferred tax assets in the U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions and continues to monitor and assess the need for valuation allowances in all its jurisdictions.
The Organization Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) introduced Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“BEPS”) Pillar 2 rules that impose a global minimum tax rate of 15%. Numerous countries, including European Union member states, have enacted or are expected to enact legislation to be effective as early as January 1, 2024, with general implementation of a global minimum tax by January 1, 2025. Titan will continue to evaluate the potential impact on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures but does not anticipate a material impact. Titan did not record any tax associated with Pillar 2 in the March 31, 2024 financial statements.