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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company’s effective income tax rate for continuing operations was 16% and 6% for the quarters ended March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017, respectively. The higher effective income tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 compared to the quarter ended April 1, 2017 was primarily due to certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), specifically the base-broadening provision which imposed a new minimum tax on global intangible low-tax income (“GILTI”), as well as a discrete charge of $3,723 resulting from a tax law change in foreign a jurisdiction.
The recently enacted Tax Act significantly revised U.S. corporate income tax law by, among other things, reducing the federal income tax rate to 21% and implementing a modified territorial tax system that includes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries. In response to the Tax Act, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) which allows issuers to recognize provisional estimates of the impact of the Tax Act in their financial statements, or in circumstances where estimates cannot be made, to disclose and recognize at a later date.
As of March 31, 2018, the Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the Tax Act on being partially reinvested with respect to prior year undistributed earnings. A provisional charge of $1,457 was recognized in the quarter ending March 31, 2018 for actual and planned distributions; however, the Company is continuing to evaluate the overall impact of its partial permanent reinvestment assertion. For the year ended December 30, 2017, the Company included in its financial statements provisional charges for the revaluation of the Company’s net domestic deferred tax assets, a one-time charge for the deemed repatriation of historic unremitted earnings, as well as other less material provisions of the Tax Act. There were no additional changes to the provisional amounts recorded as of the year ended December 30, 2017. The accounting is expected to be completed and disclosed within the one-year measurement period as allowed by SAB 118.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the Company recorded a liability for an unrecognized tax benefit of $17,643, related to the acquisition of Bras N Things, as part of purchase accounting.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the Company finalized its accounting policy decision with respect to the new GILTI tax rules, and has concluded that GILTI will be treated as a periodic charge in the year in which it arises, and will not record deferred taxes for the basis associated with GILTI earnings.