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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The Company conducts business globally and reports its results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. The Company's reported tax rate is impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which it operates have tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate.

The Company's reported tax rate for the three and six months ended September 29, 2018 was 18.7% and 39.6%, respectively. The rate for the three months ended September 29, 2018 includes a discrete stock compensation windfall benefit of $2.6 million. The rate for the six months ended September 29, 2018 is higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily as a result of asset impairment expense of $21.2 million recorded in pretax income for which no tax benefit was recognized as a result of the valuation allowance maintained against its deferred tax assets in the impacted jurisdiction. Refer to Note 8, Property, Plant and Equipment for additional details. The Company's effective tax rate was also negatively impacted by certain provisions of the recently enacted U.S. tax reform as discussed below.

During the three months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company reported an income tax provision of $4.3 million and $2.8 million, respectively. During the six months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company reported an income tax provision of $10.4 million and $5.9 million, respectively. The change in the Company's tax provision for both the three and six months ended September 29, 2018 was primarily due to an increase in the tax expense of its U.S. entity, which was impacted by the U.S. tax reform provisions discussed in more detail below, partially offset by a discrete stock compensation windfall benefit.

During fiscal 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") was enacted in the United States. As of September 29, 2018, the Company had not completed its accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. However, it has made a reasonable estimate of the effects on its existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax. During the three and six months ended September 29, 2018, the Company recognized an immaterial adjustment to the provisional tax expense estimate recorded related to the Act. The Company will continue to refine its calculations as additional analysis is completed. In addition, the Company's estimates may also be affected as it gains a more thorough understanding of the tax law. In the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company will finalize its accounting for the tax effects of the Act.

The Company has incorporated the other impacts of the Act that became effective in fiscal 2019 in the calculation of the year to date tax provision and effective tax rate, including the provisions related to Global Intangible Low Taxed Income, Foreign Derived Intangible Income, Base Erosion Anti Abuse Tax, as well as other provisions which limit tax deductibility of expenses.

The Company is in a three year cumulative loss position in the U.S. and, accordingly, maintains a valuation allowance against certain U.S. deferred tax assets. Additionally, the Company also maintains a valuation allowance against certain other deferred tax assets primarily in Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg and France which it has concluded are not more-likely-than-not realizable.