INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

5. INCOME TAXES

The Company conducts business globally and reports its results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. The Company's reported tax rate is impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which it operates have tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate.  

For the three and nine months ended December 28, 2019, the Company reported an income tax provision of $7.9 million and $6.3 million, respectively, representing an effective tax rate of 21.0% and 9.6%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 28, 2019 includes discrete tax benefits recognized from excess stock compensation deductions of $3.1 million and $12.4 million, respectively. The effective tax rates were also impacted by the jurisdictional mix

of earnings and the impact of the divestiture of the Union liquid solutions operation in the first quarter of fiscal 2020. Refer to Note 4, Divestiture, for additional details related to the divestiture of the Union liquid solutions operation.

For the three and nine months ended December 29, 2018, the Company reported an income tax provision of $7.2 million and $17.6 million, representing an effective tax rate of 28.2% and 34.0%, respectively. The tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 29, 2018 includes a discrete stock compensation windfall benefit of $1.8 million and $5.8 million, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended December 29, 2018 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to an asset impairment of $21.2 million recorded in pretax income for which no tax benefit was recognized as a result of the valuation allowance maintained against its deferred tax assets in the impacted jurisdiction.