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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

7.   Income Taxes. Our provision for income taxes for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was a tax expense of $2.3 million and $2.2 million, respectively, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 13.2% and 15.6%, respectively. Our provision for income taxes for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was a tax expense of $11.4 million and $5.9 million, respectively, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 21.6% and 17.5%, respectively. The increase in the income tax expense and the corresponding change in the effective income tax rate for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, when compared to the prior-year periods, was primarily due to decreased benefit from discrete items such as share-based compensation and deferred compensation. Our effective tax rate differs from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the impact of global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) inclusions, state income taxes, foreign taxes, other non-deductible permanent items and discrete items (such as share-based compensation).

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law. We currently do not anticipate the recently enacted law, including the corporate alternative minimum tax, one percent excise tax on stock repurchases, or tax incentives to promote clean energy, to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.