	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	March 31, 2019			March 25, 2018			March 31, 2019			March 25, 2018
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	3,070		$	946		$	3,606		$	(684	)
Effective tax rate		199.2	%		84.3	%		71.3	%		(3.4	)%

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation H.R. 1, formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. H.R. 1 includes significant changes to existing tax law, including a permanent reduction to the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, full expensing for investments in new and used qualified property, additional limitations on the deductions for executive compensation and interest expense, and the transition of the U.S. international tax system from a worldwide tax to a territorial tax system. As a fiscal-year taxpayer, certain provisions of H.R. 1 impacted UNIFI in fiscal 2018, including the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate and the one-time transition tax (“toll charge”), while other provisions became effective for UNIFI at the beginning of fiscal 2019. The enactment of H.R. 1 resulted in recording a total provisional tax benefit of $396 for the period ending June 24, 2018. For a full description of the impact of H.R. 1 for the year ended June 24, 2018, refer to Note 14, “Income Taxes,” in the 2018 Form 10-K.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, UNIFI recorded an additional tax benefit of $1,734 related to the enactment of H.R. 1. In the third quarter of fiscal 2019, UNIFI recorded tax expense of $880 related to the enactment of H.R. 1, which increased the tax rate for the three-month period by 57.1%, for a total year-to-date benefit of $854. The total tax benefit related to the enactment of H.R. 1 was $1,322, primarily consisting of $3,997 of tax benefit related to the re-measurement of deferred tax balances, and $2,747 of tax expense related to the toll charge, net of foreign tax credits. Although UNIFI no longer considers these amounts to be provisional, the income tax effects of H.R. 1 may change following future legislation or further interpretation of H.R. 1 based on the publication of guidance from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and state tax authorities.

The Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions included in H.R. 1 require that certain income earned by foreign subsidiaries must be currently included in the gross income of the U.S. shareholder. These provisions are effective for UNIFI in fiscal 2019. The GILTI provisions are complex and subject to continuing regulatory interpretation by the IRS. UNIFI has elected to recognize GILTI as a current-period expense. Under this policy, UNIFI has not provided deferred taxes related to temporary differences that, upon their reversal, will affect the amount of income subject to GILTI in the period.

UNIFI’s provision for income taxes for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and March 25, 2018 has been calculated by applying an estimate of the annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year to year-to-date income. Tax effects of significant, unusual or infrequently occurring items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate calculation and recognized in the interim period in which they occur.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the effect of the GILTI provisions enacted in H.R. 1, adjustments to enactment date tax reform impacts, losses in tax jurisdictions for which no tax benefit could be recognized, and foreign withholding taxes.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the effects of the GILTI provisions enacted in H.R. 1, losses in tax jurisdictions for which no tax benefit could be recognized, earnings taxed at higher rates in foreign jurisdictions, and foreign withholding taxes. These rate detriments were partially offset by adjustments to enactment date tax reform impacts.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 25, 2018 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to an increase in the valuation allowance for the Company’s investment in PAL, the rate change impact on a U.S. net loss carryforward generated in that three-month period that will be used at a lower tax rate in the future, and additional limitations on the deductibility of compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”).

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended March 25, 2018 was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the one-time tax benefit resulting from the revaluation of UNIFI’s domestic deferred tax balances for the lower U.S. statutory tax rate, the release of a valuation allowance on certain historical net operating losses (“NOLs”) and foreign income being taxed at lower rates. These benefits were partially offset by a provisional amount for the toll charge, net of foreign tax credits, and losses in tax jurisdictions for which no tax benefit can currently be recognized.

UNIFI regularly assesses the outcomes of both completed and ongoing examinations to ensure that its provision for income taxes is sufficient. Certain returns that remain open to examination have utilized carryforward tax attributes generated in prior tax years, including NOLs, which could potentially be revised upon examination.

UNIFI regularly assesses whether it is more-likely-than-not that some portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. UNIFI considers the scheduled reversal of taxable temporary differences, taxable income in carryback years, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Since UNIFI operates in multiple jurisdictions, the assessment is made on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis, taking into account the effects of local tax law.

	March 31, 2019			June 24, 2018
Investment in a former domestic unconsolidated affiliate	$	(3,942	)	$	(3,942	)
Equity-method investment in PAL		(1,443	)		(1,580	)
Certain losses carried forward ⁽¹⁾		(1,562	)		(1,562	)
State NOLs		(166	)		(169	)
Other foreign NOLs		(1,695	)		(2,460	)
Foreign tax credits		(15,113	)		(5,430	)
Disallowed interest expense		(382	)		—
Total deferred tax valuation allowance	$	(24,303	)	$	(15,143	)

(1)	Certain U.S. NOLs and capital losses outside the U.S. consolidated tax filing group.