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And as a result, we reported a pre-tax loss of $8.5 Another headwind to GAAP EPS was $4 million of unfavorable discrete tax expense. Moving on, the non-GAAP effective tax rate was 18% in Q3 of 2023 and 15% in Q3 of 2022. Given the large movement in exchange rates between the U.S. million for the forward contract.
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