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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
 
The Company's tax provision is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate and adjusted for discrete taxable events that may occur during the quarter. The effects of tax legislation are recognized in the period in which the law is enacted. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are remeasured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years the related temporary differences are anticipated to reverse.

On December 22, 2017, the United States enacted comprehensive tax legislation into law, H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the Tax Act. Except for certain provisions, the Tax Act is effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. As a fiscal year U.S. taxpayer, the majority of the provisions will not apply for the Company until fiscal 2019, such as eliminating the domestic manufacturing deduction, creating new taxes on certain foreign sourced income, and introducing new limitations on certain business deductions. For fiscal 2018, and effective in the first quarter, the most significant impacts include lowering of the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate, remeasuring certain net deferred tax liabilities, and requiring the transition tax on the deemed repatriation of certain foreign earnings. The phase-in of the lower federal corporate income tax rate resulted in a blended rate of 23.4 percent for fiscal 2018, as compared to the previous 35 percent, and is based on the applicable tax rates before and after passage of the Tax Act and the number of days in the fiscal year. The tax rate will be reduced to 21 percent in subsequent fiscal years.

The lower effective tax rate for both the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2018 is largely due to the passage of the Tax Act, lowering the Company's long-term effective tax rate.  In the second quarter, the Company recorded an adjustment to the provisional non-cash tax benefit of $5.8 million, bringing the deferred tax liability revaluation to $73.8 million for the first six months of fiscal 2018. A provisional charge of $5.2 million for deemed repatriation of the Company's previously undistributed foreign earnings was recorded in the first quarter with no additional charges in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. At this point, no additional income taxes have been provided for any undistributed foreign earnings not subject to the transition tax and additional outside basis difference inherent in these entities, as these amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to any remaining undistributed foreign earnings not subject to the transition tax and additional outside basis difference in these entities (i.e., basis difference in excess of that subject to the one-time transition tax) is not practical at this time. The one-time tax events and reduction in the federal statutory tax rate were the main drivers of the Company's effective tax rates for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2018 of 20.0 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively, compared to 33.2 percent and 33.5 percent for the respective periods last year. The Company expects a full-year effective tax rate between 17.5 percent and 19.5 percent for fiscal 2018.

In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-05, which provides guidance for companies related to the Tax Act. ASU 2018-05 allows for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts. Based on current interpretation of the Tax Act, the Company made reasonable estimates to record provisional adjustments during the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2018, as described above. As the Company accumulates and processes data to finalize the underlying calculations, and as regulators issue further guidance, estimates may change during fiscal 2018. The Company will continue to refine such amounts within the measurement period allowed, which will be completed no later than the first quarter of fiscal 2019.

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, is recorded in other long-term liabilities.  If recognized as of April 29, 2018, and April 30, 2017, $24.6 million and $19.8 million, respectively, would impact the Company’s effective tax rate.  The Company includes accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense, with $0.2 million and $(0.1) million of interest and penalties included in expense in the second quarter, and $0.4 million and $0.1 million recorded in the first six months of fiscal years 2018 and 2017, respectively. The amount of accrued interest and penalties at April 29, 2018, and April 30, 2017, associated with unrecognized tax benefits was $6.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

The Company is regularly audited by federal and state taxing authorities.  The United States Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) concluded its examination of fiscal 2016 in the first quarter of fiscal 2018.  The Company has elected to participate in the Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.  The objective of CAP is to contemporaneously work with the I.R.S. to achieve federal tax compliance and resolve all or most of the issues prior to filing of the tax return.  The Company may elect to continue participating in CAP for future tax years; the Company may withdraw from the program at any time.

The Company is in various stages of audit by several state taxing authorities on a variety of fiscal years, as far back as 2011.  While it is reasonably possible that one or more of these audits may be completed within the next 12 months and the related unrecognized tax benefits may change, based on the status of the examinations it is not possible to reasonably estimate the effect of any amount of such change to previously recorded uncertain tax positions.