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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted tax reform, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act"), which made comprehensive changes to U.S. federal income tax laws by moving from a global to a modified territorial tax regime. The Act includes a reduction of the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent in calendar year 2018 along with the elimination of certain deductions and credits, and a one-time "deemed repatriation" of accumulated foreign earnings. The Company recognized a net tax benefit of $43 ($0.07 per share) in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and $189 ($0.30 per share) for the full year due to impacts of the Act.

Effective in fiscal 2019, the Act also subjects the Company to U.S. tax on global intangible low-taxed income earned by certain of its foreign subsidiaries. The Company has elected to recognize this tax as a period expense when it is incurred.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company completed its accounting for the impacts of the Act and recorded a $100 benefit relating to the one-time tax on deemed repatriation of accumulated foreign earnings, which was offset by a related increase to its unrecognized tax benefits.

Given the complexities associated with the Act, additional regulatory guidance is expected to be issued. Recently, the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations relating to the utilization of foreign tax credits, the calculation of global intangible low-taxed income, and other provisions of the Act. The proposed regulations were subject to a comment period and final regulations are expected to be issued after consideration of comments received. The Company will include the effects of any final regulations, as well as any additional guidance or legislative changes, in the period they are issued. In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded a $13 tax benefit due to the issuance of final regulations related to the one-time tax on deemed repatriation, which was unrelated to the $100 benefit described above.

Income taxes were $150 in the second quarter of 2019 and $169 in 2018, resulting in effective tax rates of 22 percent and 26 percent, respectively. The effective tax rates in both years reflect the lower U.S. corporate income tax rate as a result of the Act. The current year rate also included the impact of the $13 tax benefit discussed above.

Income taxes were $274 for the first six months of 2019 and $278 for 2018, resulting in effective tax rates of 22 percent and 24 percent, respectively. The effective tax rates in both years reflect the lower U.S. corporate income tax rate as a result of the Act. The current year rate also included favorable discrete items, which reduced the rate approximately 2 percentage points, while the prior year rate included the $43 net tax benefit discussed above.