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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

We conduct business globally and report our results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. Our reported tax rate has been generally lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate as the income tax rates in the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate are generally lower than the U.S. statutory tax rate. Our reported tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 30, 2017 is higher than the statutory tax rate primarily as a result of net discrete expense recorded in connection with U.S. tax reform, as discussed below.

During the three months ended December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we reported an income tax provision of $6.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively. For the nine months ended December 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we reported an income tax provision of $12.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. The change in our tax provision for both the three and nine months ended December 30, 2017 was primarily the result of U.S. tax reform, as discussed below, as well as changes in the jurisdictional mix of earnings and other foreign items. Our tax provision for nine months ended December 31, 2016 was impacted by a non-recurring discrete tax expense of $1.4 million related to a workforce reduction during the first quarter of fiscal 2017 in a foreign subsidiary where we were required to maintain certain levels of headcount for a multi-year period, which resulted in the establishment of a tax reserve.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted in the United States. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. In December 2017, the SEC issued SAB 118, which directs taxpayers to consider the impact of the U.S. legislation as “provisional” when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law.

As of December 30, 2017, we had not completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act, however, as described below, we have made a reasonable estimate of the effects on our existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax. During the three and nine months ended December 30, 2017, we recognized a provisional amount of $5.4 million as our reasonable estimate of the impact of the provisions of the Act, which is included as a component of income tax expense in our consolidated statements of (loss) income. The $5.4 million is comprised of an increase to tax expense of $12.3 million for the net transition tax to be paid over eight years, partially offset by $6.9 million of additional benefits from the re-measurement of deferred tax assets. We will continue to refine our calculations as additional analysis is completed. In addition, our estimates may also be affected as we gain a more thorough understanding of the tax law.

Provisional amounts

As a result of the Act, we re-measured certain deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%. However, we are still analyzing certain aspects of the Act and refining our calculations, which could potentially affect the measurement of these balances or potentially give rise to changes in deferred tax amounts. In addition, certain of our deferred tax assets against which we had previously maintained a valuation allowance became more-likely-than-not realizable as a result of the source of income associated with the transition tax and changes in the tax law which resulted in net operating losses generated in future periods having an indefinite carryforward period (as we have existing indefinite lived deferred tax liabilities which can serve as a source of income for indefinite lived deferred tax assets). As we continue to analyze the Act and refine our calculations it could give rise to additional changes in our valuation allowance. The provisional benefit amount recorded related to the re-measurement of our deferred tax balance prior to the release of the valuation allowance on attributes utilized to offset the transition tax during the three and nine months ended December 30, 2017 was $6.9 million.

The one-time transition tax associated with the Act is based on our total post-1986 earnings and profits ("E&P") that we previously deferred from U.S. federal taxation. During the three and nine months ended December 30, 2017, we recorded a provisional amount for our one-time transition tax liability for our foreign subsidiaries of $22.7 million, resulting in an increase in income tax expense. The income tax expense increase was partially offset by the release of $10.4 million of valuation allowance on attributes utilized to offset the transition tax, resulting in a net provisional expense after utilization of foreign tax credits of $12.3 million. We have not yet completed our calculation of the total post-1986 E&P for our foreign subsidiaries or the tax pools of our foreign subsidiaries. Further, the transition tax is based in part on the amount of those earnings held in cash and other specified assets. This amount may change when we finalize the calculation of post-1986 foreign E&P previously deferred from U.S. federal taxation and finalize the amounts held in cash or other specified assets. We continue to provide for an additional withholding tax liability on the undistributed foreign earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. No additional income taxes have been provided for any additional outside basis differences inherent in these entities, as these amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to any remaining undistributed foreign earnings not subject to the transition tax and additional outside basis difference in these entities (i.e., basis difference in excess of that subject to the one-time transition tax) is not practicable. We are still in the process of analyzing the impact of the Act on our indefinite reinvestment assertion.
We are in a three year cumulative loss position in the U.S. and, accordingly, maintain a valuation allowance against our U.S. deferred tax assets. Additionally, we also maintain a valuation allowance against certain other deferred tax assets primarily in Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg and France which we have concluded are not more-likely-than-not realizable.