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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

15.       Income Taxes

 

The provision for income taxes was $44.7 million and $36.2 million, or 37.5 percent and 35.0 percent of pre-tax income, for the three months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The provision for income taxes was $81.4 million and $73.0 million, or 37.4 percent and 36.4 percent of pre-tax income, for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The provision for income taxes in the three and six months ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 is comprised of federal, state, and foreign taxes. The differences between the Company's effective tax rate and the statutory federal rate of 35.0 percent for each period presented reflecting the impact of state income taxes, income and losses recognized by non-controlling and other beneficial interest holders of consolidated entities, equity-based compensation plans and other permanent items.

 

No valuation allowance has been recorded for deferred tax assets, reflecting management's belief that all deferred tax assets will be utilized.

 

The Company considers the undistributed earnings of certain of its foreign corporations to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations as of April 30, 2017. Accordingly, no U.S. income taxes have been provided thereon. As of April 30, 2017, the Company had approximately $54.2 million of undistributed earnings in certain Canadian, United Kingdom, Australian and Japanese foreign corporations that are not available to fund domestic operations or to distribute to shareholders unless repatriated. Repatriation would require the Company to accrue and pay U.S. corporate income taxes. The unrecognized deferred income tax liability on these un-repatriated funds, or temporary difference, is estimated to be $6.7 million. The Company does not intend to repatriate these funds, has not previously repatriated funds from these entities and has the financial liquidity to permanently leave these funds offshore.

 

The Company is generally no longer subject to income tax examinations by U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. taxing authorities for fiscal years prior to fiscal 2013.