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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

6. Income Taxes

Our effective income tax rates from continuing operations were 18.6% and 19.5% in the three and six months ended December 31, 2020, respectively, and 85.3% and 37.6% in the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, respectively. The effective tax rates in fiscal years 2021 and 2020 reflect the U.S. federal tax rate of 21% adjusted for state and local taxes, foreign rate differences, benefits associated with local tax incentives, changes in valuation allowances and liabilities for uncertain tax positions, and tax benefits on stock-based compensation awards. Additionally, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, we were unable to record a tax benefit on a pre-tax unrealized loss of $28.0 million from a derivative contract related to the deal-contingent hedge agreement on the Adtalem Brazil sale completed on April 24, 2020 (see Note 3 “Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information).

Three of Adtalem’s operating units benefit from local tax incentives: AUC, which operates in St. Maarten, RUSM, which operates in Barbados, and RUSVM, which operates in St. Kitts. AUC’s effective tax rate reflects benefits derived from investment incentives. RUSM and RUSVM each have agreements with their respective domestic governments that exempt them from local income taxation. RUSM has an exemption in Barbados until 2039. RUSVM has an exemption in St. Kitts until 2037.

On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Appropriations Act”) was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Appropriations Act, among other things, temporarily extends through December 31, 2025, certain expiring tax provisions, including look-through treatment of payments of dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from related controlled foreign corporations. Additionally, the Appropriations Act enacts new provisions and extends certain provisions originated within the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), enacted on March 27, 2020, including an extension of time for repayment of the deferred portion of employees’ payroll tax through December 31, 2021, and a temporary allowance for full deduction of certain business meals. Adtalem has elected not to defer the employees’ portion of payroll tax. Management is currently evaluating the other provisions of the Appropriations Act, but at present time does not expect that the other provisions of the Appropriations Act would result in a material tax or cash benefit.