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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax
Income Taxes
Malibu Boats, Inc. is taxed as a C corporation for U.S. income tax purposes and is therefore subject to both federal and state taxation at a corporate level. The LLC continues to operate in the United States as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Income taxes are computed in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, and reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and the corresponding income tax amounts. The Company has deferred tax assets and liabilities and maintains valuation allowances where it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized. To the extent the Company determines that it will not realize the benefit of some or all of its deferred tax assets, such deferred tax assets will be adjusted through the Company’s provision for income taxes in the period in which this determination is made.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted which, among a number of its provisions, lowered the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. The Company's blended statutory tax rate for fiscal 2018 will approximate 28% as a result of the change in statutory rates and was applied to year-to-date earnings with the impact recorded in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive (loss) income for the three months ended December 31, 2017. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company also recorded a non-cash provisional adjustment to income tax expense of $46,989 related to the Tax Act. This provisional amount is comprised of $40,029 related to the remeasurement of deferred taxes as of the enactment date and $6,960 related to the deferred tax impact of the reduction of the tax receivable agreement liability as discussed in Note 9. This provisional amount will be impacted primarily by the actual reversals of temporary differences through fiscal year end June 30, 2018. Based on an initial assessment of the Tax Act, the Company believes that the most significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is the remeasurement of deferred taxes. Other provisions of the Tax Act are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.
As of December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, the Company maintained a valuation allowance of $12,537 and $10,324, respectively, against deferred tax assets related to state net operating losses and future amortization deductions (with respect to the Section 754 election) that are reported in the Tennessee corporate tax return without offsetting income, which is taxable at the LLC. The increase in the valuation allowance is due to the exchanges of LLC Units into Class A common stock by certain LLC Unit holders during the three months ended December 31, 2017.
The Company’s consolidated interim effective tax rate is based upon expected annual income from operations, statutory tax rates and tax laws in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Significant or unusual items, including those related to the change in U.S. tax law noted above as well as other adjustments to accruals for tax uncertainties, are recognized in the quarter in which the related event occurs. For the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company's effective tax rate was 344.9% and 33.8%, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company's effective tax rate was 98.4% and 33.8%, respectively. For the three and six months ended December 31, 2017, the principal differences in the Company's effective tax rate with comparable historical periods presented and the statutory federal income tax rate of 35% relate to the impact of one-time items due to the change in tax law enacted in connection with the Tax Act. Additionally, the Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is related to, to a lesser extent, the impact of the non-controlling interests in the LLC, a pass-through entity for U.S. federal tax purposes, state income taxes attributable to the LLC, and the benefit of deductions under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code.