NOTE 11: INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate on income was 11.5% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, compared to 21.5% for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017. The tax rate decreased due to a shift in the percentage of earnings from foreign operations, which are taxed at a lower rate than income from U.S. operation, tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation and a one-time benefit to reflect the impact of a change in a state tax rate. Adtalem’s effective income tax rate reflects benefits derived from significant operations outside the U.S. Earnings of these international operations are not subject to U.S. federal or state income taxes, so long as such earnings are not repatriated, as discussed below. Four of Adtalem’s operating units, AUC, which operates in St. Maarten, RUSM, which operates in Dominica, RUSVM, which operates in St. Kitts, and Adtalem Brazil, which operates in Brazil, all benefit from local tax incentives. AUC’s effective tax rate reflects benefits derived from investment incentives. RUSM and RUSVM each have agreements with their respective domestic governments that exempt them from local income taxation. Both of these agreements have been extended to provide, in the case of RUSM, an indefinite period of exemption and, in the case of RUSVM, exemption until 2037. Adtalem Brazil’s effective tax rate reflects benefits derived from its participation in PROUNI, a Brazilian program for providing scholarships to a portion of its undergraduate students.

Adtalem has not recorded a U.S. federal or state tax provision for the undistributed earnings of its international subsidiaries. It is Adtalem’s intention to indefinitely reinvest accumulated cash balances, future cash flows and post-acquisition undistributed earnings and profits to improve the facilities and operations of its international schools and pursue future opportunities outside the U.S. In accordance with this plan, cash held by the international subsidiaries will not be available for general company purposes and under current laws will not be subject to U.S. taxation. As of September 30, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, cumulative undistributed earnings attributable to international operations were approximately $1,049.4 million, $1,038.5 million and $918.0 million, respectively.