Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	(11) Income Taxes The Company applies an estimated annual effective tax rate to its year-to-date operating results to determine the interim provision (benefit) for income tax expense. The Company’s effective tax rate was 25.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to an effective tax rate of 44.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was impacted by executive stock compensation limitations, the election of foreign tax credits in the U.S., the election to treat certain foreign entities as dis-regarded for U.S tax purposes, the application of lower tax rates in India and surrendering any tax holidays in India. The Company’s reported effective tax rate is also impacted by jurisdictional mix of profits and losses in which the Company operates, foreign statutory tax rates in effect, unusual or infrequent discrete items requiring a provision during the period and certain exemptions or tax holidays applicable to the Company. A valuation allowance is required if, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the asset will not be realized due to the inability of the Company to generate sufficient taxable income in a specific jurisdiction. The Company has $27,448 and $1,914 of net deferred tax assets in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, at June 30, 2020. The Company has a valuation allowance in the U.S. related to utilization of certain foreign tax credits are not expected to be realized. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, the Company merged Polaris Consulting and Software Limited (“Polaris”) with into Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited (“Virtusa India”). The merger of Polaris into Virtusa India is considered an entity liquidation for US income tax purposes. The earnings of this entity will be subject to US taxation as well as local taxation with a corresponding foreign tax credit or deduction, at the election of the Company. The election also makes available to the Company the benefits of future foreign tax credits. The merger makes available to the Company tax deductions for interest on debt used to purchase the group as well as amortization of intangible assets. Under local Indian law, the merger was retroactive to April 1, 2018 resulting in amended tax return filing in India for the year ended March 31, 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020, reflects the merger of Polaris India into Virtusa India. The Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2020 includes the expected impact of the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income (“GILTI”) and executive compensation limitations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) impacting the operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The Company’s aggregate income tax rate in foreign jurisdictions is comparable to its income tax rate in the United States, as a result of the Tax Act, other than in Singapore and Sri Lanka in which the Company has tax holiday benefits and eligible tax exemptions respectively. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company elected to treat several foreign entities as disregarded entities. The earnings of these subsidiaries will be subject to US taxation as well as local taxation with a corresponding foreign tax credit or deduction, at the election of the Company. GILTI provisions and executive compensation limitations enacted in the Tax Act, enacted on December 22, 2017 by the U.S. government continue to impact the results. The Company’s reported effective tax rate is also impacted by jurisdictional mix of profits and losses in which the Company operates, foreign statutory tax rates in effect, unusual or infrequent discrete items requiring a provision and certain exemptions or tax holidays applicable to the Company. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act provided for net operating losses arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2021, may be carried back to each of the five tax years preceding the tax year of such loss. Net operating losses have an unlimited carry forward period, although there are annual limitations on their use suspended for certain years as result of CARES Act. The Company has filed an immediate carry back claim in the United States for losses generated in fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019. The income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020, included an immaterial adjustment to reflect actual tax receivable. On September 20, 2019, the Indian government issued Ordinance 2019 making certain amendments in the Income-tax Act 1961, which substantially reduces tax rates. The effective rate of tax on India-based companies was reduced from 34.9% to 25.17%, effective for fiscal years beginning April 1, 2019. The Company adopted the new ordinance for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2019. The new rates require the surrendering of any tax holidays and other attributes of which the Company historically was taking advantage of and favorably impacting our tax rate. In addition, the Company’s Sri Lankan subsidiary, Virtusa (Private) Limited, was operating under a 12-year income tax holiday arrangement that expired on March 31, 2019 and required Virtusa (Private) Limited to retain certain job creation and investment criteria through the expiration of the holiday period. The Company believes it had fulfilled its hiring and investment commitments and is eligible for tax holiday through March 2019. Beginning April 1, 2019, the Company is taking advantage of certain tax exemptions offered to IT service providers in Sri Lanka. The Company has been under income tax examination in India, the U.K., Singapore and the United States. The Indian taxing authorities issued an assessment order with respect to their examination of the various tax returns for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 to March 31, 2017 of the Company’s Indian subsidiary, Virtusa (India) Private Ltd, and Polaris Consulting & Services Limited (Polaris India) now merged with and into Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited (collectively referred to as “Virtusa India”). At issue were several matters, the most significant of which was the redetermination of the arm’s-length profit which should be recorded by Virtusa India on the intercompany transactions with its affiliates. These matters are currently at different level of appeals beginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. In the United Kingdom, the Company is currently under examination for transfer pricing and research benefits for the years ended March 31, 2014 to March 31, 2018. In Singapore, the Inland Revenue Authority is confirming the appropriateness of the Company’s deductions for the year ended March 31, 2017. In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service has concluded an examination of fiscal years ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2017. These ongoing audits are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows. Unrecognized tax benefits represent uncertain tax positions for which the Company has established reserves. At June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, the total liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $6,443 and $6,627, respectively. Unrecognized tax benefits may be adjusted upon the closing of the statute of limitations for income tax returns filed in various jurisdictions. During the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $184 and increased by $80, respectively. The decrease in unrecognized tax benefits in the three months ended June 30, 2020 was predominantly due to increase in the liability related to the UK audit, certain sale proceeds in India and incremental interest accrued on existing uncertain tax positions offset by the release of certain benefits no longer considered required. Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries A substantial amount of the Company’s income before provision for income tax is from operations earned in its Indian and Sri Lankan subsidiaries. The Company intends to use accumulated and future earnings of foreign subsidiaries to expand operations outside the United States and, accordingly, undistributed income is considered indefinitely reinvested. The Company does not provide for U.S. income taxes on foreign currency translation or applicable withholding tax until a distribution is declared. At June 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $191,252 of cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments that would otherwise be available for potential distribution, if not indefinitely reinvested. If required, such cash and investments could be repatriated to the United States. Due to the various methods by which such earnings could be repatriated in the future, the amount of taxes attributable to the undistributed earnings is not practicably determinable.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

(11) Income Taxes

The Company applies an estimated annual effective tax rate to its year-to-date operating results to determine the interim provision (benefit) for income tax expense. The Company’s effective tax rate was 25.4% for the three months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to an effective tax rate of 44.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was impacted by executive stock compensation limitations, the election of foreign tax credits in the U.S., the election to treat certain foreign entities as dis-regarded for U.S tax purposes, the application of lower tax rates in India and surrendering any tax holidays in India. The Company’s reported effective tax rate is also impacted by jurisdictional mix of profits and losses in which the Company operates, foreign statutory tax rates in effect, unusual or infrequent discrete items requiring a provision during the period and certain exemptions or tax holidays applicable to the Company.

A valuation allowance is required if, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the asset will not be realized due to the inability of the Company to generate sufficient taxable income in a specific jurisdiction. The Company has $27,448 and $1,914 of net deferred tax assets in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, at June 30, 2020. The Company has a valuation allowance in the U.S. related to utilization of certain foreign tax credits are not expected to be realized.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, the Company merged Polaris Consulting and Software Limited (“Polaris”) with into Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited (“Virtusa India”). The merger of Polaris into Virtusa India is considered an entity liquidation for US income tax purposes. The earnings of this entity will be subject to US taxation as well as local taxation with a corresponding foreign tax credit or deduction, at the election of the Company. The election also makes available to the Company the benefits of future foreign tax credits. The merger makes available to the Company tax deductions for interest on debt used to purchase the group as well as amortization of intangible assets. Under local Indian law, the merger was retroactive to April 1, 2018 resulting in amended tax return filing in India for the year ended March 31, 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2020, reflects the merger of Polaris India into Virtusa India.

The Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2020 includes the expected impact of the Global Intangible Low-taxed Income (“GILTI”) and executive compensation limitations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) impacting the operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The Company’s aggregate income tax rate in foreign jurisdictions is comparable to its income tax rate in the United States, as a result of the Tax Act, other than in Singapore and Sri Lanka in which the Company has tax holiday benefits and eligible tax exemptions respectively.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company elected to treat several foreign entities as disregarded entities. The earnings of these subsidiaries will be subject to US taxation as well as local taxation with a corresponding foreign tax credit or deduction, at the election of the Company. GILTI provisions and executive compensation limitations enacted in the Tax Act, enacted on December 22, 2017 by the U.S. government continue to impact the results. The Company’s reported effective tax rate is also impacted by jurisdictional mix of profits and losses in which the Company operates, foreign statutory tax rates in effect, unusual or infrequent discrete items requiring a provision and certain exemptions or tax holidays applicable to the Company.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act provided for net operating losses arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2021, may be carried back to each of the five tax years preceding the tax year of such loss. Net operating losses have an unlimited carry forward period, although there are annual limitations on their use suspended for certain years as result of CARES Act. The Company has filed an immediate carry back claim in the United States for losses generated in fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019. The income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020, included an immaterial adjustment to reflect actual tax receivable.

On September 20, 2019, the Indian government issued Ordinance 2019 making certain amendments in the Income-tax Act 1961, which substantially reduces tax rates. The effective rate of tax on India-based companies was reduced from 34.9% to 25.17%, effective for fiscal years beginning April 1, 2019. The Company adopted the new ordinance for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2019. The new rates require the surrendering of any tax holidays and other attributes of which the Company historically was taking advantage of and favorably impacting our tax rate.

In addition, the Company’s Sri Lankan subsidiary, Virtusa (Private) Limited, was operating under a 12-year income tax holiday arrangement that expired on March 31, 2019 and required Virtusa (Private) Limited to retain certain job creation and investment criteria through the expiration of the holiday period. The Company believes it had fulfilled its hiring and investment commitments and is eligible for tax holiday through March 2019. Beginning April 1, 2019, the Company is taking advantage of certain tax exemptions offered to IT service providers in Sri Lanka.

The Company has been under income tax examination in India, the U.K., Singapore and the United States. The Indian taxing authorities issued an assessment order with respect to their examination of the various tax returns for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006 to March 31, 2017 of the Company’s Indian subsidiary, Virtusa (India) Private Ltd, and Polaris Consulting & Services Limited (Polaris India) now merged with and into Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited (collectively referred to as “Virtusa India”). At issue were several matters, the most significant of which was the redetermination of the arm’s-length profit which should be recorded by Virtusa India on the intercompany transactions with its affiliates. These matters are currently at different level of appeals beginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. In the United Kingdom, the Company is currently under examination for transfer pricing and research benefits for the years ended March 31, 2014 to March 31, 2018. In Singapore, the Inland Revenue Authority is confirming the appropriateness of the Company’s deductions for the year ended March 31, 2017. In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service has concluded an examination of fiscal years ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2017. These ongoing audits are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows.

Unrecognized tax benefits represent uncertain tax positions for which the Company has established reserves. At June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, the total liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $6,443 and $6,627, respectively. Unrecognized tax benefits may be adjusted upon the closing of the statute of limitations for income tax returns filed in various jurisdictions. During the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the unrecognized tax benefits decreased by $184 and increased by $80, respectively. The decrease in unrecognized tax benefits in the three months ended June 30, 2020 was predominantly due to increase in the liability related to the UK audit, certain sale proceeds in India and incremental interest accrued on existing uncertain tax positions offset by the release of certain benefits no longer considered required.

Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries

A substantial amount of the Company’s income before provision for income tax is from operations earned in its Indian and Sri Lankan subsidiaries. The Company intends to use accumulated and future earnings of foreign subsidiaries to expand operations outside the United States and, accordingly, undistributed income is considered indefinitely reinvested. The Company does not provide for U.S. income taxes on foreign currency translation or applicable withholding tax until a distribution is declared. At June 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $191,252 of cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments that would otherwise be available for potential distribution, if not indefinitely reinvested. If required, such cash and investments could be repatriated to the United States. Due to the various methods by which such earnings could be repatriated in the future, the amount of taxes attributable to the undistributed earnings is not practicably determinable.