Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	Note 13—Income Taxes The Company’s effective income tax rates were 9.0% and 12.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 8.6% and 12.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for 2018 reflects the effect of the change in the federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21%, resulting from the December 22, 2017 enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the statutory rate is primarily due to the allocation of earnings to the noncontrolling interest unitholders. Upon completion of the Reorganization of the Company on November 1, 2018, pursuant to which the noncontrolling interests were converted to common stock of New PFSI (as defined in Note 24‒Subsequent Events), the new parent company, the Company no longer has noncontrolling interests to allocate income to and its effective income tax rate will be increased to a level that more closely approximates the combined federal and state statutory rates.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Note 13—Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rates were 9.0% and 12.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 8.6% and 12.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for 2018 reflects the effect of the change in the federal statutory tax rate from 35% to 21%, resulting from the December 22, 2017 enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”).

The difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the statutory rate is primarily due to the allocation of earnings to the noncontrolling interest unitholders. Upon completion of the Reorganization of the Company on November 1, 2018, pursuant to which the noncontrolling interests were converted to common stock of New PFSI (as defined in Note 24‒Subsequent Events), the new parent company, the Company no longer has noncontrolling interests to allocate income to and its effective income tax rate will be increased to a level that more closely approximates the combined federal and state statutory rates.