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Income Tax
 6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Income Tax [Abstract]  
INCOME TAX

NOTE 17 – INCOME TAX 

 

Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount, Jerash The First, MK Garments, and Kawkab Venus are subject to the regulations of the Income Tax Department in Jordan. In accordance with the Investment Encouragement Law, Jerash Garments’ export sales to overseas customers were entitled to a 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years commencing on the first day of production. This exemption had been extended for five years until December 31, 2018. Effective January 1, 2019, the Jordanian government reclassified the area where Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries are to a Development Zone. In accordance with the Development Zone law, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries were subject to income tax at income tax rate of 18% or 20% plus a 1% social contribution from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. Effective from January 1, 2023, the income tax rate raised to 19% or 20% plus 1% social contribution.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act imposed tax on previously untaxed accumulated earnings and profits (“E&P”) of foreign subsidiaries (the “Toll Charge”). The Toll Charge is based in part on the amount of E&P held in cash and other specific assets as of December 31, 2017. The Toll Charge can be paid over an eight-year period, starting in 2018, and will not accrue interest. Additionally, under the provisions of the Tax Act, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the foreign earnings of Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. taxation at the Jerash Holdings level under the new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) regime.

 

Interim income tax expenses or benefit is recognized based on the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate, which is based upon the tax rate expected for the full fiscal year applied to the pretax income or loss of the interim period. The Company’s consolidated effective tax rate for the three and six months ended September 30, 2023 was 48.8% and 42.9%, respectively, and differed from the effective statutory federal income tax rate of 21.0%, primarily due to GILTI adjustments, foreign tax rate differentials, and valuation allowance adjustments.