INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES	NOTE 11. INCOME TAXES Our effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was 24.4%, down from 35.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2017. Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was 25.7%, down from 36.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The decrease for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was primarily the result of the impact of the Tax Act, enacted on December 22, 2017 by the U.S. government which reduced the federal corporate tax rate to 21% from the existing maximum rate of 35%. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 also relates to the impact of discrete events including the recognition of excess tax benefits related to employee stock compensation as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), on January 1, 2017. On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 was issued to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not obtain additional information affecting the provisional amounts initially recorded based upon the best available interpretation of the Tax Act and may change as the Company receives additional clarification and implementation guidance. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to current tax expense in the quarter of 2018 when the analysis is complete. We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) as well as tax returns in various states, Canada, and Mexico. The Company is subject to examination by the IRS for tax years 2014 through 2017. EQ Holdings, Inc. is subject to examination by the IRS for pre-acquisition tax year 2014. We may be subject to examinations by various state and local taxing jurisdictions for tax years 2013 through 2017. The Company is not aware of any significant foreign jurisdiction audits underway. The tax years 2013 through 2017 remain subject to examination by foreign jurisdictions.

NOTE 11. INCOME TAXES

Our effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was 24.4%, down from 35.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2017. Our effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was 25.7%, down from 36.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The decrease for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was primarily the result of the impact of the Tax Act, enacted on December 22, 2017 by the U.S. government which reduced the federal corporate tax rate to 21% from the existing maximum rate of 35%. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 also relates to the impact of discrete events including the recognition of excess tax benefits related to employee stock compensation as a result of the adoption of ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), on January 1, 2017.

On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 was issued to address the application of U.S. GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not obtain additional information affecting the provisional amounts initially recorded based upon the best available interpretation of the Tax Act and may change as the Company receives additional clarification and implementation guidance. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be recorded to current tax expense in the quarter of 2018 when the analysis is complete.

We file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) as well as tax returns in various states, Canada, and Mexico. The Company is subject to examination by the IRS for tax years 2014 through 2017. EQ Holdings, Inc. is subject to examination by the IRS for pre-acquisition tax year 2014. We may be subject to examinations by various state and local taxing jurisdictions for tax years 2013 through 2017. The Company is not aware of any significant foreign jurisdiction audits underway. The tax years 2013 through 2017 remain subject to examination by foreign jurisdictions.