Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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

9.  INCOME TAXES    

Our effective tax rates were 25.7 percent and 24.7 percent for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, were 25.5 percent and 22.6 percent, respectively. The higher 2021 tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2020 was due to permanent items including share-based compensation partially offset by state tax adjustments and a favorable return to accrual adjustment.

A tax expense of $0.1 million and a tax benefit of $3.2 million related to share-based compensation was recognized in our condensed consolidated statements of operations as a discrete item in income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.