Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

9.  INCOME TAXES    

Our effective tax rates were 17.4 percent and 19.8 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The lower 2020 effective tax rate is due to a larger impact of the discrete benefits related to share-based compensation.

A tax benefit of $5.5 million and $2.2 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 months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

At March 31, 2020, the net deferred tax liability of $169.8 million consisted of net long-term deferred tax assets of $4.4 million and net long-term deferred tax liabilities of $174.2 million. The decrease in the net deferred tax liability was primarily related to the adoption of ASU 2016-13.