INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
INCOME TAXES	NOTE J — INCOME TAXES On December 22, 2017, the legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act revised the U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, adopting a quasi-territorial income tax system and imposing a one-time transition tax on foreign unremitted earnings, and setting limitations on deductibility of certain costs (e.g., interest expense). The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”) to provide guidance to companies that have not yet completed their accounting for the Tax Act in the period of enactment. SAB 118 provides that the Company include in its financial statements a reasonable estimate of the impact of the Tax Act on earnings to the extent such estimate has been determined. Accordingly, in the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a provisional income tax expense of $3.3 million associated with the re-measurement of the Company’s deferred tax assets stemming from the reduction of the U.S. federal income tax rate and one-time transition tax on the Company’s material wholly owned foreign subsidiaries’ accumulated, unremitted earnings, based on the reasonable estimate guidance provided by SAB 118. As of June 30, 2018 the Company has not changed the provisional estimates recognized in 2017, and the Company is not yet able to calculate a reasonable estimate for the impact of the one-time transition tax on the Company’s equity investment due to the complexity of calculating accumulated foreign earnings and profits, foreign tax paid, and other tax components involved in foreign tax credit calculations for applicable years after 1986. Since January 1, 2018, the Tax Act has subjected the Company to a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) earned by certain foreign subsidiaries, base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”), foreign derived intangible income tax (“FDII”), and IRC Section 163(j) interest limitation (“Interest Limitation”). Entities 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. Given the complexity of the GILTI provisions, the Company is still evaluating the tax impact and has not yet made the accounting policy election. As of June 30, 2018, the Company was able to reasonably estimate provisional adjustments, based on current year operations only, related to GILTI and FDII that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements. For the BEAT and Interest Limitation impact of the Tax Act, the Company has not recorded a provisional estimate in its effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 because the Company does not currently estimate that these provisions of the Tax Act will apply in 2018. Pursuant to SAB 118, the Company is allowed a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts. The Company will continue to calculate the impact of the Tax Act and will record any resulting tax adjustments during 2018. Income tax benefit of $1.8 million and $5.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, represent taxes on both U.S. and foreign earnings at a combined effective income tax benefit rate of 22.1% and 23.8%, respectively. The effective rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 reflects the reduced U.S. corporate income tax rate, partially offset by non-deductible expenses. Income tax benefit of $1.7 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, represent taxes on both U.S. and foreign earnings at a combined effective income tax benefit rates of 39.9% and 37.4%, respectively. On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The estimated value of the Company’s uncertain tax positions at June 30, 2018 is a gross liability of $3.7 million. The Company believes that $3.0 million of its tax positions will be resolved within the next twelve months. The Company has identified the following jurisdictions as “major” tax jurisdictions: U.S. Federal, California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and the United Kingdom. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for the years prior to 2014. At June 30, 2018, the periods subject to examination for the Company’s major state jurisdictions are the years ended 2013 through 2017. The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties is to record such items as a component of income taxes. Interest and penalties were not material to the Company’s results of operations or cash flows as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. At June 30, 2018, interest and penalties included in the Company’s uncertain tax position gross liability was approximately $1.1 million.

NOTE J — INCOME TAXES

On December 22, 2017, the legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act revised the U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, adopting a quasi-territorial income tax system and imposing a one-time transition tax on foreign unremitted earnings, and setting limitations on deductibility of certain costs (e.g., interest expense).

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”) to provide guidance to companies that have not yet completed their accounting for the Tax Act in the period of enactment. SAB 118 provides that the Company include in its financial statements a reasonable estimate of the impact of the Tax Act on earnings to the extent such estimate has been determined. Accordingly, in the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a provisional income tax expense of $3.3 million associated with the re-measurement of the Company’s deferred tax assets stemming from the reduction of the U.S. federal income tax rate and one-time transition tax on the Company’s material wholly owned foreign subsidiaries’ accumulated, unremitted earnings, based on the reasonable estimate guidance provided by SAB 118.

As of June 30, 2018 the Company has not changed the provisional estimates recognized in 2017, and the Company is not yet able to calculate a reasonable estimate for the impact of the one-time transition tax on the Company’s equity investment due to the complexity of calculating accumulated foreign earnings and profits, foreign tax paid, and other tax components involved in foreign tax credit calculations for applicable years after 1986.

Since January 1, 2018, the Tax Act has subjected the Company to a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) earned by certain foreign subsidiaries, base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”), foreign derived intangible income tax (“FDII”), and IRC Section 163(j) interest limitation (“Interest Limitation”). Entities 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. Given the complexity of the GILTI provisions, the Company is still evaluating the tax impact and has not yet made the accounting policy election. As of June 30, 2018, the Company was able to reasonably estimate provisional adjustments, based on current year operations only, related to GILTI and FDII that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements. For the BEAT and Interest Limitation impact of the Tax Act, the Company has not recorded a provisional estimate in its effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 because the Company does not currently estimate that these provisions of the Tax Act will apply in 2018.

Pursuant to SAB 118, the Company is allowed a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts. The Company will continue to calculate the impact of the Tax Act and will record any resulting tax adjustments during 2018.

Income tax benefit of $1.8 million and $5.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, represent taxes on both U.S. and foreign earnings at a combined effective income tax benefit rate of 22.1% and 23.8%, respectively. The effective rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 reflects the reduced U.S. corporate income tax rate, partially offset by non-deductible expenses.

Income tax benefit of $1.7 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, represent taxes on both U.S. and foreign earnings at a combined effective income tax benefit rates of 39.9% and 37.4%, respectively.

On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The estimated value of the Company’s uncertain tax positions at June 30, 2018 is a gross liability of $3.7 million. The Company believes that $3.0 million of its tax positions will be resolved within the next twelve months.

The Company has identified the following jurisdictions as “major” tax jurisdictions: U.S. Federal, California, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and the United Kingdom. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for the years prior to 2014. At June 30, 2018, the periods subject to examination for the Company’s major state jurisdictions are the years ended 2013 through 2017.

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties is to record such items as a component of income taxes. Interest and penalties were not material to the Company’s results of operations or cash flows as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. At June 30, 2018, interest and penalties included in the Company’s uncertain tax position gross liability was approximately $1.1 million.