Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2019

For the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019, we recognized income tax expense of $2.8 million and $13.6 million, respectively, representing an effective tax rate of (1.0%) and (6.3%), respectively. The effective tax rates were impacted by an income tax benefit of $5.7 million as a result of changes in our estimated valuation allowance requirement related to foreign tax credits due to the restructuring of certain foreign operations. These effective rates are also reflective of the impact of more favorable statutory tax rates applied to the earnings of these foreign operations due to the restructuring efforts. The income tax expense for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 was also impacted by a $5.1 million income tax benefit for the partial deductibility of the goodwill and other asset impairment charge during the period.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized income tax expense of $32.3 million and $46.1 million, respectively, representing an effective tax rate of 27.3% and 28.2%, respectively. The effective tax rate was impacted by the following significant factors:


•	We recognized income tax expense of $3.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 as a result of changes in our valuation allowance for the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the Act).


•	We recognized income tax expense of $1.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as a result of a change in our valuation allowance on foreign tax credits associated with our euro debt refinancing.


•	We recognized an income tax benefit of $3.3 million and $4.4 million, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 primarily related to certain foreign tax credits.

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We recognized an income tax benefit of $1.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 due to a decrease in reserves for uncertain tax positions of prior years.Our income tax expense and effective tax rate in future periods may be impacted by many factors, including our geographic mix of income and changes in tax laws.