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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 5 – Income Taxes

 

The Company recorded income tax expense of $2.2 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and recorded income tax expense of $6.4 million and income tax benefit of $0.8 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

It is the Company’s policy to report income tax expense for interim periods using an estimated annual effective income tax rate. The estimated annual effective income tax rate was 23.6 percent and 42.6 percent for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease in the estimated annual effective income tax rate from May 2019 to May 2020 relates primarily to the change in earnings mix between U.S. and foreign operations. A larger percentage of earnings for the nine months ended May 31, 2019 was generated in foreign jurisdictions taxed at a higher statutory rate than the 21 percent U.S. federal tax rate. The tax effects of significant or unusual items are not considered in the estimated annual effective income tax rate. The tax effects of such discrete events are recognized in the interim period in which the events occur. The impact of such events within income tax expense amounted to a net benefit of $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

The United States enacted significant tax reform into law on December 22, 2017 by enacting the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“U.S. Tax Reform”). U.S. Tax Reform made complex and broad changes to the U.S. tax laws.  U.S. Tax Reform established new income tax provisions that will affect the Company’s fiscal year 2020, including, but not limited to, establishing a new minimum tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”).  The Company has elected to account for GILTI as a period cost, the effect of which is reflected in the estimated annual effective tax rate of 23.6 percent for the nine months ended May 31, 2020.