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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 8: Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was (144.9) percent and (3.2) percent, respectively.  The Company’s effective tax rate for the six months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was (41.3) percent and 6.1 percent, respectively.  The effective tax rates for the fiscal 2019 periods are lower than in the prior year, primarily due to second quarter benefits of $10.8 million related to adjustments to the Company’s provisional accounting for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) and $13.6 million related to the recognition of tax assets for foreign tax credits.  Other factors that impacted the Company’s effective tax rates for the three and six months ended September 30, 2018, as compared with the prior-year periods, were income tax benefits for a Hungarian development tax credit in fiscal 2018, adjustments to valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in foreign jurisdictions, and changes in the mix of foreign and domestic earnings.  The Hungarian development tax credit resulted in tax benefits of $2.2 million and $5.7 million in the three and six months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Act.  Shortly after the Tax Act was enacted, the SEC issued accounting guidance which provides a one-year measurement period during which a company may complete its accounting for the impacts of the Tax Act.  To the extent a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act is incomplete, the company may determine a reasonable estimate for those effects and record a provisional estimate in its financial statements.  If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply the provisions of the tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the Tax Act being enacted.

During the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded provisional discrete tax charges totaling $38.0 million related to the Tax Act.  The Company adjusted its U.S. deferred tax assets by $19.0 million due to the reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate.  This net reduction in deferred tax assets also included the estimated impact on the Company’s net state deferred tax assets.  In addition, the Company recorded a $19.0 million charge for the transition tax required under the Tax Act.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded adjustments to the provisional discrete tax charges totaling $10.8 million of tax benefit.  The Company determined it will utilize its deferred tax attributes against the estimated transition tax.  As a result, the Company decreased the charge for the reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax rate by $9.4 million since more deferred tax assets are expected to be utilized to offset taxable income at a higher fiscal 2018 U.S. federal corporate tax rate.  The Company also decreased the estimated transition tax to $15.9 million, a reduction of $3.1 million, primarily due to the technical treatment for fiscal-year taxpayers.  In addition, the Company recorded a charge of $1.7 million for a reduction to state deferred tax assets.

Also during the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company determined it would amend its tax returns from previous fiscal years to recognize foreign tax credits that are expected to be realized based on future sources of income.  As a result, the Company recorded a $13.6 million income tax benefit during the second quarter of fiscal 2019.

The Company has elected to record the tax effects of the global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”) provision as a period expense in the applicable tax year.

The Company has not yet completed its accounting for the income tax effects of certain elements of the Tax Act.  In regard to the reduction in the U.S. corporate tax rate, the Company will continue to analyze the impacts of the Tax Act through the finalization of its fiscal 2018 U.S. federal tax return.  In regard to the transition tax, the Company is awaiting further interpretative guidance, continuing to assess available tax methods and elections, and continuing to gather additional information in order to more precisely compute the amount of this tax.

Previously, the Company’s practice and intention was to reinvest, with certain insignificant exceptions, the earnings of its non-U.S. subsidiaries outside of the U.S.  As a result, the Company did not record U.S. deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes for these earnings.  The Company is currently analyzing its global working capital requirements and the potential tax liabilities that would be incurred if its non-U.S. subsidiaries distribute cash to the U.S. parent, which include local country withholding taxes and potential U.S. state taxes.  The Company expects to complete its analysis of the accounting guidance related to the Tax Act and its evaluation of the impacts of the Tax Act in the third quarter of fiscal 2019.

The Company is continuing to analyze the provisions of the Tax Act to determine the impact on its fiscal 2019 effective tax rate.  For the six months ended September 30, 2018, the Company has recorded estimates for GILTI, the foreign-derived intangible income and base erosion anti-abuse tax provisions of the Tax Act, new limits on the deductibility of executive compensation, and the state tax implications of these provisions.

As of September 30, 2018, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets in certain foreign jurisdictions totaled $35.1 million and valuation allowances against certain U.S. deferred tax assets totaled $6.9 million, as it is more likely than not these assets will not be realized based upon historical financial results.  During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded a benefit of $2.0 million related to the reversal of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in a foreign jurisdiction after determining it was more likely than not the deferred tax assets would be realized in the future.  During the second quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $1.0 million on certain deferred tax assets in a foreign jurisdiction after determining it was more likely than not the deferred tax assets would not be realized.  The Company will continue to provide a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets in each of the applicable jurisdictions until the need for a valuation allowance is eliminated.  The need for a valuation allowance is eliminated when the Company determines it is more likely than not the deferred tax assets will be realized.

Accounting policies for interim reporting require the Company to adjust its effective tax rate each quarter to be consistent with its estimated annual effective tax rate.  Under this methodology, the Company applies its estimated annual income tax rate to its year-to-date ordinary earnings to derive its income tax provision each quarter.  The Company records the tax impacts of certain significant, unusual or infrequently occurring items in the period in which they occur.  The Company excluded the impact of its operations in certain foreign locations from the overall effective tax rate methodology and recorded them discretely based upon year-to-date results because the Company anticipates net operating losses for the full fiscal year in these jurisdictions.  The Company does not anticipate a significant change in unrecognized tax benefits during the remainder of fiscal 2019.