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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

10. Income Taxes

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) enacted in 2017 resulted in the U.S. Federal income tax rate being reduced from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. During the measurement period, which is one year from the date of enactment, or the completion of all estimates made in connection with the Tax Act, companies are permitted to make additional income tax adjustments and revisions of estimates related to the Tax Act. During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, we concluded our analysis of the impact of the Tax Act and made no adjustments to the provisional amounts previously recorded. While our accounting for the recorded impact of the Tax Act as of December 31, 2018 was deemed to be complete, this amount was based on prevailing regulations and available information as of December 31, 2018.  Additional guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and changes to State laws may continue to impact our recorded amounts after December 31, 2018.

 

The Tax Act subjects a U.S. corporation to tax on its GILTI (Global Intangible Low Income Tax), FDII (Foreign-Derived Tangible Income Taxes), and BEAT (Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax). We included the impact of these taxes in our forecast effective tax rate. Interpretive guidance on the accounting for GILTI states that an entity can make an accounting policy election to either recognize deferred taxes for temporary basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the year the tax is incurred as a period expense only. In fiscal 2019, we made the accounting policy election to recognize GILTI as a period expense.

 

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.

 

Our effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 was 26.0% and 24.2%, respectively. Excluding certain discrete tax items, the adjusted effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 was 28.6% and 28.4%, respectively. During the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019, we recognized tax benefits for equity-based compensation of $0.7 million and $2.6 million, respectively, under ASU 2016-09 . As a result of the enactment of the Tax Act in December 2017, we recognized a charge of $56 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. Our reported tax rate was 18.1% for the third quarter of fiscal 2018, and 210.0% for the first nine months of fiscal 2018, which includes the Tax Act charge. The adjusted effective tax rate, excluding the Tax Act related charge and certain discrete tax items, was 28.2% for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018.