Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 11. Income Taxes

The Company’s year-to-date effective income tax rate at December 31, 2019 was an income tax benefit of 10.0% compared to an income tax expense of 18.2% for the same period in fiscal 2018. The variations between the Company’s effective tax rate and the U.S. statutory rate of 21% were primarily due to the impact of the U.S. enacted tax legislation partially offset by research and development incentives in certain jurisdictions. 

U.S. GAAP prescribes the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements which includes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, the Company’s gross unrecognized income tax benefit, excluding interest and penalties, was $74.0 million and $11.5 million, respectively. In conjunction with the acquisition of Finisar, the Company assumed $64.0 million of uncertain tax positions. The Company has classified the uncertain tax positions as noncurrent income tax liabilities, as the amounts are not expected to be paid within one year. If recognized, $70.3 million of the gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2019 would impact the effective tax rate. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the income tax provision in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss). The amount of accrued interest and penalties included in the gross unrecognized income tax benefit was $15.6 million and $1.2 million, at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively. Fiscal years 2017 to 2020 remain open to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, fiscal years 2015 to 2020 remain open to examination by certain state jurisdictions, and fiscal years 2009 to 2020 remain open to examination by certain foreign taxing jurisdictions.  The Company is currently under examination for certain subsidiary companies in Florida for the years 2016 through 2018; Philippines for the year 2017; Germany for the years 2012 through 2015; Vietnam for the years 2018 through 2019; Australia for the years 2011 through 2014; and India for the year 2016. The Company believes its income tax reserves for these tax matters are adequate.