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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law making significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Changes include, but are not limited to, a federal corporate tax rate decrease from 34% to 21% beginning January 1, 2018, the transition of U.S international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 ("SAB 118") was issued to address the application of GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act. Additional work is necessary for a more detailed analysis of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, valuation allowance requirements, and our historical foreign earnings as well as potential correlative adjustments. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to current tax expense in the quarter of 2018 when the analysis is complete. No adjustments were identified for the three months ended March 31, 2018. In addition, we plan to continue to monitor interpretations and guidance related to the Act and incorporate these matters into our analysis when additional information becomes available.
We recorded an income tax benefit of $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The tax benefit recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2018 primarily relates to excess tax benefits recorded from the taxable compensation on share-based awards. The tax benefit is partially off-set by tax expenses pertaining to amortization of goodwill for tax purposes, for which there is no corresponding book deduction, foreign taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions, and certain state taxes based on operating income that are payable without regard to tax loss carryforwards.
We recorded income tax expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended April 1, 2017. The tax expense recorded for the three months ended April 1, 2017 primarily related to the amortization of goodwill associated with the acquisition of Care.com HomePay for tax purposes, for which there is no corresponding book deduction, and certain state taxes based on operating income that are payable without regard to tax loss carryforwards.