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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

 

10. Income Taxes

 

The Tax Act enacted in December 2017 introduced significant changes to the U.S. income tax law, which includes a reduction to the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, a one-time repatriation tax on deferred foreign income (“Transition Tax”), deductions, credits and  business-related exclusions.

 

The reduction to the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% is effective January 1, 2018.  When a U.S. federal tax rate change occurs during a fiscal year, taxpayers are required to compute a weighted daily average rate for the fiscal year of enactment.  As a result of the Tax Act, we calculated a U.S. federal statutory corporate income tax rate of 28.1% for the year ending June 30, 2018.  We expect the U.S. federal statutory rate to be 21% for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2018.

 

The SEC staff recognized that a registrant’s review of certain income tax effects of the Tax Act may be incomplete at the time financial statements are issued and thus issued SAB 118 in December 2017 that allows a company to report provisional numbers and adjust those amounts during the measurement period not to extend beyond one year.

 

Due to the timing of the enactment and the complexity involved in applying the provisions of the Tax Act, we recognized within our provision for income taxes $56 million during the second quarter of fiscal 2018 that included $64.6 million of Transition Tax and $8.4 million reduction for the net impact on U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities. As we collect and prepare necessary data, and interpret the Tax Act and any additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and other standard-setting bodies, we may make adjustments to the provisional amounts. Those adjustments may materially affect our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate in the period in which the adjustments are made. The accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act will be completed later in calendar year 2018.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2018, we did not make changes to these estimates.

 

Our tax returns are subject to audits by U.S. federal, state, and foreign tax authorities, and these audits are at various stages of completion at any given time.  Reviews of tax matters by authorities and lapses of the applicable statutes of limitations may result in changes to tax expense.  Fiscal years remaining open to examination in significant foreign jurisdictions include 2008 and thereafter.

 

The determination of the annual effective tax rate is based upon a number of significant estimates and judgments, including the estimated annual pretax income in each tax jurisdiction in which we operate, and the development of tax planning strategies during the year.  In addition, as a global commercial enterprise, our tax expense can be impacted by changes in tax rates or laws, such as the Tax Act, the finalization of tax audits and reviews, and other factors that cannot be predicted with certainty.  As such, there can be significant volatility in interim tax provisions.