Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
Our effective tax rate for the three months ended May 31, 2021, was 1.5% of tax benefit as compared with 153.1% of tax expense for the three months ended May 31, 2020.

For the three months ended May 31, 2021, our effective tax rate was lower than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to:

valuation allowances on the net unrealized loss from changes in fair value of our investment in Canopy and Canopy equity in earnings (losses); and
the impact of the long-lived asset impairment of brewery construction in progress; partially offset by
the benefit of lower effective tax rates applicable to our foreign businesses.

For the three months ended May 31, 2020, our effective tax rate was higher than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to:

valuation allowances on the net unrealized loss from changes in fair value of our investment in Canopy and Canopy equity in earnings (losses); and
valuation allowances on existing capital loss carryforwards; partially offset by
the benefit of lower effective tax rates applicable to our foreign businesses.