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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 30, 2017 was 97.3%. The effective rate for this period was significantly impacted by the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") of 2017.
The Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. It reduces the US federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. As of December 30, 2017, we have not completed the accounting for the tax effects of enactment of the Act; however, as described below, we have made a reasonable estimate of the effects on the one-time transition tax, withholding taxes deemed to be repatriated and existing deferred tax balances. These amounts are provisional and subject to change as the determination of the impact of the income tax effects will require additional analysis of historical records, annual data and further interpretation of the Act from yet to be issued U.S. Treasury regulations.
During the three months ended December 30, 2017 we recorded a $31,000, one-time transition tax on undistributed foreign earnings deemed to be repatriated and a tax charge of $15,250 as an additional provision for withholding taxes on undistributed earnings not considered to be permanently reinvested. No additional income taxes have been provided for any remaining undistributed foreign earnings not subject to the transition tax, or any 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 is not practicable. These charges are partially offset by a $12,225 benefit due to the remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities arising from a lower U.S. corporate tax rate, which took into account our decision to accelerate pension contributions into our 2017 pension plan year. This allows the pension contribution tax deduction to be taken in our 2017 federal income tax return which is taxed at the 35% federal rate.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was 17.6%. The effective tax rate for this period is lower than would be expected by applying the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to earnings before income taxes primarily from tax benefits associated with selling our European space businesses.