Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2023

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note L – Income Taxes

Income tax expense for the three months ended August 31, 2023 and 2022 reflected estimated annual effective income tax rates of 23.3% and 23.9%, respectively, and excluded any impact from the inclusion of net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests in our consolidated statements of earnings. Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests are primarily a result of our WSP, Spartan, Samuel and TWB consolidated joint ventures. The net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interests in WSP, Spartan, Samuel and TWB’s U.S. operations do not generate tax expense to us since the investors in WSP, Spartan, Samuel and TWB’s U.S. operations are taxed directly based on the earnings attributable to them. The tax expense of TWB’s wholly-owned foreign corporations is reported in our consolidated income tax expense. Management is required to estimate the annual effective income tax rate based upon its forecast of annual pre-tax income for domestic and foreign operations. Our actual effective income tax rate for fiscal 2024 could be materially different from the forecasted rate as of August 31, 2023.