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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
Our effective tax rate for the six months ended August 31, 2023, and August 31, 2022, was 22.1% and (53.3)%, respectively. Our effective tax rate for the three months ended August 31, 2023, and August 31, 2022, was 17.4% and (13.1)%, respectively.

For the six months ended August 31, 2023, our effective tax rate was higher than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to an increase in the valuation allowance related to our investment in Canopy, partially offset
by (i) the benefit of lower effective tax rates applicable to our foreign businesses and (ii) a net income tax benefit recognized as a result of a change in tax entity classification.

For the three months ended August 31, 2023, our effective tax rate was lower than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the benefit of lower effective tax rates applicable to our foreign businesses.

For the six months and three months ended August 31, 2022, our effective tax rate did not approximate the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due an increase in the valuation allowance related to our investment in Canopy, partially offset by a net income tax benefit recognized from the realization of tax losses related to a prior period divestiture.