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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

10. Income Taxes

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") enacted in 2017 resulted in the U.S. Federal income tax rate being reduced from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018.

The Tax Act subjects a U.S. corporation to tax on its GILTI (Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income), FDII (Foreign-Derived Tangible Income Taxes), and BEAT (Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax). We included the impact of these taxes in our effective tax rate. Interpretive guidance on the accounting for GILTI states that an entity 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 as a period expense only. In fiscal 2019, we made the accounting policy election to recognize GILTI as a period expense.

The determination of the annual effective tax rate is based upon a number of significant estimates and judgments, including the estimated annual pretax income in each tax jurisdiction in which we operate, and the development of tax planning strategies during the year. In addition, as a global commercial enterprise, our tax expense can be impacted by changes in tax rates or laws, such as the Tax Act, the finalization of tax audits and reviews, and other factors that cannot be predicted with certainty. As such, there can be significant volatility in interim tax provisions.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized a tax benefit for equity-based compensation of $6.2 million under ASU 2016-09 resulting in an effective tax rate of -2.9%. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized a tax benefit for equity-based compensation of $1.5 million under ASU 2016-09 resulting in an effective tax rate of 13.9%. Excluding the impact of the discrete tax items noted above, our effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was 27.9% as compared to 28.1% in the prior-year period.