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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017 was 15.5% and 39.8%, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the decrease was primarily attributable to the tax on the gain on the divestiture of the CDMO business of $18.0 million in the first quarter of 2017 and tax benefits from favorable taxing authority rulings for the three months ended March 31, 2018 of $2.7 million.
During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $3.7 million to $21.0 million, primarily due to benefits from a favorable tax ruling, offset with an additional quarter of Canadian Scientific Research and Experimental Development Credit reserves. The amount of unrecognized income tax benefits that would impact the effective tax rate decreased by $3.5 million to $19.3 million, for the same reasons listed above. The amount of accrued interest on unrecognized tax benefits was $2.6 million at March 31, 2018. The Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits will decrease by up to $1.9 million over the next twelve-month period, primarily as a result of the outcome of pending tax audits.
The Company continues to monitor its accounting for the elements of U.S. Tax Reform enacted in December 2017. The Company has made reasonable estimates of the effects of U.S. Tax Reform to its consolidated financial statements based on guidance and regulations released by the Internal Revenue Service. The SEC has issued SAB 118, which allows for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of U.S. Tax Reform to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts. The Company has not recorded any measurement period adjustments during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 to the provisional amounts recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Company anticipates finalizing and recording any adjustments resulting from the release of any additional guidance and interpretations by the end of its fiscal year ending December 29, 2018.
The Company conducts business in a number of tax jurisdictions. As a result, it is subject to tax audits in jurisdictions including the U.S., U.K., China, France, Germany, and Canada. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. and international income tax examinations for years before 2015.
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have ongoing tax controversies with various tax authorities in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and France. The Company does not believe that resolution of these controversies will have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations
Income tax (benefit) expense recorded to Other comprehensive income related to change in unrecognized pension gains, losses, and prior service costs was $(0.1) million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017, respectively. Income tax expense recorded to foreign currency translation adjustment was $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018.