INCOME TAXES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES	NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES The TCJA was enacted in the U.S. on December 22, 2017. The TCJA lowered the corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%, imposed a one-time transition tax on unremitted earnings as of the end of 2017, and also featured many other tax law provisions. New provisions for 2018 include, most notably, a tax on GILTI and BEAT. The SEC issued SAB 118 to address the U.S. GAAP application of the TCJA. SAB 118 provides us up to a year to finalize accounting for the impacts of the TCJA. The Company estimated provisional tax amounts related to the transition tax and components of the revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period ended December 31, 2017. We recognized a net tax charge of approximately $24.7 million, comprised of a provisional charge of $31.6 million for the transition tax and a provisional benefit of $6.8 million related to the corporate rate change. There have been no changes to those provisional amounts as of March 31, 2018. The Company expects these amounts to be finalized in the second half of 2018 when the 2017 tax return is filed. The Company has elected to account for the tax on GILTI as a period cost and not as a measure of deferred taxes in the current period. The reported effective tax rate increased to 27.0% for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 compared to 25.4% for the period ended March 31, 2017, resulting in an increase to the provision for income taxes of approximately $1.3 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the effective tax rate reflects the amounts recognized for the GILTI and BEAT taxes (+4.3%) largely offset by an increased benefit from employee share-based compensation deductions (-2.1%) and tax settlements (-0.5%). The Company had approximately $3.2 and $3.1 million recorded for income tax uncertainties as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The uncertain amounts, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate are $3.2 and $3.1 million, respectively. The Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for uncertain tax positions will decrease by no more than $1.4 million in the next twelve months from the resolution of various uncertain positions as a result of the completion of tax audits, litigation and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions.

NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES

The TCJA was enacted in the U.S. on December 22, 2017. The TCJA lowered the corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%, imposed a one-time transition tax on unremitted earnings as of the end of 2017, and also featured many other tax law provisions. New provisions for 2018 include, most notably, a tax on GILTI and BEAT. The SEC issued SAB 118 to address the U.S. GAAP application of the TCJA. SAB 118 provides us up to a year to finalize accounting for the impacts of the TCJA.

The Company estimated provisional tax amounts related to the transition tax and components of the revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the period ended December 31, 2017. We recognized a net tax charge of approximately $24.7 million, comprised of a provisional charge of $31.6 million for the transition tax and a provisional benefit of $6.8 million related to the corporate rate change. There have been no changes to those provisional amounts as of March 31, 2018. The Company expects these amounts to be finalized in the second half of 2018 when the 2017 tax return is filed. The Company has elected to account for the tax on GILTI as a period cost and not as a measure of deferred taxes in the current period.

The reported effective tax rate increased to 27.0% for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 compared to 25.4% for the period ended March 31, 2017, resulting in an increase to the provision for income taxes of approximately $1.3 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the increase in the effective tax rate reflects the amounts recognized for the GILTI and BEAT taxes (+4.3%) largely offset by an increased benefit from employee share-based compensation deductions (-2.1%) and tax settlements (-0.5%).

The Company had approximately $3.2 and $3.1 million recorded for income tax uncertainties as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The uncertain amounts, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate are $3.2 and $3.1 million, respectively. The Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for uncertain tax positions will decrease by no more than $1.4 million in the next twelve months from the resolution of various uncertain positions as a result of the completion of tax audits, litigation and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions.