INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES The Company's effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2017 was 37.2% compared to 42.4% in the prior year period. The Company's effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was 37.6% compared to 40.1% in the prior year period. The decrease was due primarily to the change in the country mix of earnings. Anixter considers the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries, along with future earnings, to be indefinitely reinvested and, accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state incomes taxes or any withholding taxes has been recorded.

INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

The Company's effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2017 was 37.2% compared to 42.4% in the prior year period. The Company's effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was 37.6% compared to 40.1% in the prior year period. The decrease was due primarily to the change in the country mix of earnings.

Anixter considers the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries, along with future earnings, to be indefinitely reinvested and, accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state incomes taxes or any withholding taxes has been recorded.