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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes:
Our effective income tax benefit rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 were 12.5% and 11.4%. Our effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 were 23.5% and 24.1%. The reduction of the tax rates was primarily the result of a goodwill impairment charge, a significant portion of which was a permanent book-tax difference.
Prior to July 1, 2022, the Company joined Encompass in the filing of various consolidated federal, state and local income tax returns and was a party to an income tax allocation agreement (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”). Under the Tax
Sharing Agreement, the Company paid to or received from Encompass the amount, if any, by which Encompass’s income tax liability was affected by virtue of inclusion of the Company in the consolidated income tax returns of Encompass. Effectively, that arrangement resulted in the Company’s annual income tax provision being computed, with adjustments, as if the Company filed separate consolidated income tax returns.
At the Distribution, the Company entered into the Tax Matters Agreement with Encompass, which terminated the existing Tax Sharing Agreement. The Tax Matters Agreement governs the Company’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect to taxes (including responsibility for taxes arising in the ordinary course of business and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the Distribution to qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes), entitlement to refunds, allocation of tax attributes, preparation of tax returns, control of tax contests and other matters.
In addition, the Tax Matters Agreement imposes certain restrictions on the Company and its subsidiaries until the second anniversary of the Distribution (including restrictions on share issuances, business combinations, sales of assets and similar transactions) that are designed to preserve the tax-free status of the Distribution and certain related transactions. The Tax Matters Agreement provides special rules that allocate tax liabilities in the event the Distribution or certain related transactions are not tax-free. In general, under the Tax Matters Agreement, each party is responsible for any taxes imposed on Encompass or the Company that arise from the failure of the Distribution or certain related transactions to qualify as a transaction that is generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code, to the extent that the failure to so qualify is attributable to actions, events or transactions relating to such party’s respective stock, assets or business, or a breach of the relevant covenants made by that party in the Tax Matters Agreement.