Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

Effective tax rates

The effective income tax rates for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were 87.9 percent (benefit on a loss) and 24.8 percent (provision on income), respectively. The year-over-year change is primarily due to a discrete $14.5 million benefit for the one-time effect of Swiss tax reform, the impairment of Widia goodwill, the change in the jurisdictional mix caused by expected restructuring and related charges and the increase in tax on global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and the base erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT), which are both components of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The prior year rate included a $6.1 million charge related to changes in the indefinite reinvestment assertion on certain foreign subsidiaries' undistributed earnings and a $3.9 million benefit recorded to reflect the finalization of the amount of the one-time tax imposed on our unremitted foreign earnings.

The effective income tax rates for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were 102.9 percent (benefit on a loss) and 24.9 percent (provision on income), respectively. The year-over-year change is primarily due to a discrete $14.5 million benefit for the one-time effect of Swiss tax reform, the impairment of Widia goodwill, the change in the jurisdictional mix caused by expected restructuring and related charges, the increase in GILTI and BEAT.

Swiss tax reform

Legislation was effectively enacted during the three months ended December 31, 2019 when the Canton of Schaffhausen approved the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing on October 8, 2019 (Swiss tax reform). Significant changes from Swiss tax reform include the abolishment of certain favorable tax regimes and the creation of a ten-year transitional period at both the federal and cantonal levels.

The transitional provisions of Swiss tax reform allow companies to utilize a combination of lower tax rates and tax basis adjustments to fair value, which are used for tax depreciation and amortization purposes resulting in deductions over the transitional period. To reflect the federal and cantonal transitional provisions, as they apply to us, we recorded a deferred tax asset of $14.5 million during the three months ended December 31, 2019. We consider the deferred tax asset from Swiss tax reform to be an estimate based on our current interpretation of the legislation, which is subject to change based on further legislative guidance, review with the Swiss federal and cantonal authorities and modifications to the underlying valuation.