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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The table below presents the Company’s effective income tax rate on pre-tax income from continuing operations for the following periods:
Successor Predecessor
Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Period from February 10, 2020 to September 30, 2020 Period from January 1, 2020 to June 21, 2020
Effective tax rate 18.7  % 20.7  % 14.3  % 20.5  % 22.4  %
The effective tax rate for the Successor 2021 Period differs from the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to nondeductible compensation costs on the Class P Unit Incentive plan, contingent earnout payments from the MIS acquisition, and state income tax expense. The effective tax rate for the Successor Q3 2020 Period differs from the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to acquisition costs and state income tax expense. The effective tax rate for the Predecessor 2020 Period differs from the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to the full valuation allowance of the net deferred tax asset offset by the income tax benefit of the carry back of net operating losses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).
The Company assesses the deferred tax assets for recoverability on a quarterly basis. In assessing the realizability of deferred income tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more-likely-than-not that some or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of the deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which the net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards are available. For the periods ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 the Company has concluded that substantially all of the deferred tax assets are more-likely-than-not realizable. For the period ended June 21, 2020, the Predecessor maintained a full valuation allowance to reduce the net deferred tax asset to nil. The change in the valuation allowance is primarily a result of the recording of deferred tax liabilities for fixed and intangible assets in connection with the 2020 business combinations.