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Provision for Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for Income Taxes Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $7,091,000 in the first six months of 2019 and $9,132,000 in the first six months of 2018. The effective tax rate of 21% in the first six months of 2019 was equal to the Company's statutory rate of 21%. Included in the Company’s effective tax rate of 21% was a net discrete tax benefit associated with foreign exchange losses and tax costs recognized upon the Company's planned repatriation of certain previously taxed foreign earnings and a tax benefit related to the net excess income tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements. These tax benefits were offset by increases in tax primarily related to nondeductible expenses, the distribution of the Company’s worldwide earnings, tax expense associated with the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (2017 Tax Act), and state taxes. The effective tax rate of 28% in the first six months of 2018 was higher than the Company's 2018 statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to the GILTI provisions of the 2017 Tax Act, the distribution of the Company's worldwide earnings, and a change in estimate to the federal and state provisional net income tax expense initially recorded in 2017 for the 2017 Tax Act. This incremental tax expense was offset in part by a decrease in tax related to the net excess income tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements, the reversal of tax reserves associated with uncertain tax positions, and a change in estimate for foreign income tax that the Company had previously accrued on certain distributed earnings.