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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes

The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various states and Canada. With a few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or Canadian examinations by tax authorities for years before 2012.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the effective income tax rates varied from the statutory federal income tax rate of 21.0%, primarily as a result of the effect of state income taxes, net of the federal benefit, and permanent differences between book and tax net income. The combined federal and state effective tax rate for continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was 25.3% compared to a rate of 24.6% for the same period in 2019.  The higher effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily due to decreased stock based compensation vesting and exercises when compared to the same period in 2019 and increased executive compensation as a percentage of income before income taxes, which was not deductible for income tax purposes.