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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2018 was expense of 13.8% compared to expense of 7.0% for the first quarter of 2017. The increase in the effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2018 was due to the impact of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) and the impact of realization of a foreign deferred tax asset in the first quarter of 2017.

The TCJA was enacted on December 22, 2017 and the Company recorded provisional tax amounts in the fourth quarter of 2017 for the remeasurement of deferred tax balances, including valuation allowances related to the realization of deferred tax assets, and the one-time transition tax. The Company continues to analyze aspects of the TCJA, including potential impact to the provisional amounts recorded for the remeasurement of deferred tax balances and related valuation allowances, and the one-time transition tax. The Company did not record any adjustments to the 2017 provisional tax amounts in the first quarter of 2018.