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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
 
The effective tax rate for the periods presented was primarily the result of income earned in the U.S., taxed at U.S. federal and state statutory income tax rates, income earned in foreign tax jurisdictions taxed at the applicable rates, as well as the impact of permanent differences between book and tax income.
 
On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed into law Public Law No. 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), following its passage by the United States Congress. The Tax Act made significant changes to U.S. federal income tax laws, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%, and the implementation of a territorial tax system resulting in a one-time transition tax on the unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. The Tax Act also contains additional provisions that will become effective for us in fiscal year 2019, including a new deduction for Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”), the repeal of the domestic production activity deduction, a new tax on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”), and increased limitations on the deductibility of certain executive compensation.


In December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118 (“SAB 118”), which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Tax Act enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC Topic 740 -Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). We will continue our analysis for all the tax effects of the Tax Act, which are still subject to change during the measurement period, and anticipate further guidance on accounting interpretations from the FASB and application of the Tax Act from the Department of the Treasury.

Our effective tax rate was 10.2% and 32.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Our effective tax rate decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 due to a reduction in the federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% and the FDII deduction. During the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, our income tax expense was driven primarily by pre-tax profitability in our domestic and foreign operations and the impact of the excess tax benefits related to our stock-based compensation.

The Tax Act has several significant changes that impact all taxpayers, including a transition tax, which is a one-time tax charge on accumulated, undistributed foreign earnings. The calculation of accumulated foreign earnings requires an analysis of each foreign entity’s financial results going back to 1986. We currently estimate that we will not be subject to the transition tax associated with our accumulated, undistributed foreign earnings. We will continue to evaluate this area and expect to finalize our conclusions by the second quarter of fiscal 2019. We do not provide deferred taxes on unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries as we intend to indefinitely reinvest those earnings.

The Tax Act also included a new provision designed to tax global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”). Under U.S. GAAP, we are allowed to make an accounting policy choice to either (i) treat taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred (the "period cost method"); or (ii) factor in such amounts into the measurement of our deferred taxes (the "deferred method"). Our selection of an accounting policy related to the GILTI tax provisions depends, in part, on analyzing our global income to determine whether we expect to have future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI and, if so, what the impact is expected to be. While our future global operations depend on a number of different factors, we do expect to have future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI. Further, we have made a policy decision to record GILTI tax as a current-period expense when incurred.

Deferred income taxes are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the statutory tax rates and laws expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided against net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income and the timing of the temporary differences becoming deductible.  Management considers, among other available information, scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, limitations of availability of net operating loss carryforwards, and other matters in making this assessment.