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Income Taxes
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company's effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, is as follows:
Three months ended March 31,
20252024
Effective income tax rate26.6 %29.2 %
Income tax expense for the quarter was computed in accordance with ASC 740-270, Income Taxes – Interim Reporting. Under this method, loss jurisdictions which cannot recognize a tax benefit with regard to their generated losses are excluded from the annual effective tax rate calculation and their taxes will be recorded discretely in each quarter.
Our 2025 estimated annual effective tax rate primarily reflects the 21% federal tax rate, the impact of state and local taxation, the impact of taxation upon foreign operations, and forecasted permanent differences. Our actual effective tax rates were 26.6% and 29.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 included a net discrete tax benefit of $1.3 million. This discrete tax benefit is mostly attributable to the true-up for prior year's estimated taxes, a net decrease in valuation allowances and a net decrease in uncertain tax positions. The rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was lower than the three months ended March 31, 2024 mainly due to the favorable discrete tax adjustment related to a decrease in valuation allowance in the current period.
The Company is subject to audit in the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions. Our open tax years for major jurisdictions generally range from 2013-2024. We believe appropriate provisions for all outstanding tax issues have been made for all jurisdictions and all open years. Audit outcomes and the timing of audit settlements are subject to significant uncertainty. It is reasonably possible that within the next 12 months, unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by up to $2.2 million based on current estimates.