INCOME TAXES

3 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

6. 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 months ended June 27, 2020, the Company reported an income tax benefit of $2.5 million, representing an effective tax rate benefit of 31.9%. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 27, 2020 includes discrete tax benefits recognized from excess stock compensation deductions of $4.0 million. The effective tax rates were also impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings. During the three months ended June 27, 2020, the Company transferred certain intangible assets amongst its wholly-owned subsidiaries prior to the divestiture of its Fajardo, Puerto Rico manufacturing operations. The tax expense on the intercompany sale and the establishment of deferred tax assets (including the associated valuation allowance impacts) were included in the computation of the annual effective tax rate.

For the three months ended June 29, 2019, the Company reported an income tax benefit of $9.2 million, representing an effective tax rate of 52.2%. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 29, 2019 was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to the jurisdictional mix of earnings, as well as the impact of the divestiture of the Union liquid solutions

operation recorded in pretax income which resulted in a worldwide pretax loss for the quarter. The tax rate for the three months ended June 29, 2019 benefited from a discrete stock compensation windfall benefit of $4.9 million.