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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

10.  Income Taxes

The Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes and effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are presented in the following table:

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

(Dollars in thousands)

Earnings (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes

$

7,008

$

(3,733)

$

13,749

$

(15,016)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

$

1,939

$

2,136

$

3,535

$

(1,426)

Effective tax rate

27.7

%  

(57.2)

%

25.7

%

9.5

%

Last year’s third quarter and year-to-date income tax provisions included $2.0 million of tax expense related to deferred tax assets of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. The 2020 effective tax rates were also impacted because the Company did not record an income tax benefit on foreign subsidiary losses, and, in the U.S., the Company had the ability to carry back 2020 losses to a tax year when the U.S. federal statutory tax rate was 35%, which is permitted under the U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).