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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

We conduct business globally and report our results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. Our reported tax rate is impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate have tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory rate. Our reported tax rate of 185% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 is higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily as a result of asset impairment expense of $21.2 million recorded in pretax income for which no tax benefit was recognized as a result of the valuation allowance maintained against our deferred tax assets in the impacted jurisdiction, refer to Note 8, Property, Plant and Equipment for additional details. Our effective tax rate was also negatively impacted by the U.S. tax reform provisions related to Global Intangible Low Taxed Income that became effective in fiscal 2019.

During the three months ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017, we reported an income tax provision of $6.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively. The change in our tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was primarily the result of an increase in the tax expense of our U.S. entity, which is impacted by the U.S. tax reform provisions discussed in more detail below, as well as changes in the jurisdictional mix of earnings and other foreign items. The income tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was primarily attributable to applying the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate to its year-to-date consolidated income before provision for income taxes, and includes a discrete tax benefit of $1.4 million related to stock compensation windfall tax benefits. Our tax provision for the three months ended July 1, 2017 was primarily attributable to applying the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate to its year-to-date consolidated income before provision for income taxes, and includes a discrete tax provision of $0.4 million for international items and tax reserves.
 
During fiscal 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") was enacted in the United States. The Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, required companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and created new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. In December 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, which directs taxpayers to consider the impact of the U.S. legislation as “provisional” when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law.

As of June 30, 2018, we had not completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act, however, we have made a reasonable estimate of the effects on our existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax. During the three months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized an immaterial adjustment to the provisional tax expense estimate recorded related to the Act. We will continue to refine our calculations as additional analysis is completed. In addition, our estimates may also be affected as we gain a more thorough understanding of the tax law.

We have incorporated the other impacts of tax reform that became effective in fiscal 2019 including the provisions related to Global Intangible Low Taxed Income, Foreign Derived Intangible Income, Base Erosion Anti Abuse Tax, as well as other provisions which limit tax deductibility of expenses.

We are in a three year cumulative loss position in the U.S. and, accordingly, maintain a valuation allowance against certain U.S. deferred tax assets. Additionally, we also maintain a valuation allowance against certain other deferred tax assets primarily in Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg and France which we have concluded are not more-likely-than-not realizable.