Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

16. Income Taxes

The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. and various state and foreign jurisdictions. Tax statutes and regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to interpretation and require the application of significant judgment.  The Company is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for the year 2015, one state jurisdiction for the years 2011 through 2017 and one foreign jurisdiction for the years 2011 through 2015.  The Company does not expect resolution of these examinations to have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

The Company’s total liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019 was $1.8 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The $1.8 million unrecognized tax benefit at December 31, 2019, if recognized, would positively impact the Company’s effective tax rate.

The effective income tax rate was 17.1 percent and 17.7 percent for the three and six months ended December 31, 2019, respectively, compared with 26.1 percent and 19.7 percent, respectively, for the three and six months ended December 31, 2018.  For the three months ended December 31, 2019, the Company’s effective income tax rate decreased primarily due to the timing of excess tax benefits under ASU 2016-09, Stock Compensation.  For the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company’s effective income tax rate decreased primarily due to the amount of excess tax benefits under ASU 2016-09. If gains or losses on the value of assets invested in COLI throughout the rest of the current fiscal year vary from our estimates, our FY2020 effective tax rate will fluctuate in future quarters for the year ending June 30, 2020.