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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

On December 22, 2017, the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" ("TCJA") was signed into law, significantly impacting several sections of the Internal Revenue Code. ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period of enactment even though the effective date for most provisions is for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, or in the case of certain other provisions, January 1, 2018. Though certain key aspects of the TCJA are effective January 1, 2018 and have an immediate accounting effect, other significant provisions are not effective or may not result in accounting effects for September 30 fiscal year companies until October 1, 2018.
Given the significance of the TCJA, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), which allows registrants to record provisional amounts during a one year “measurement period”. During the measurement period, impacts of the law are expected to be recorded at the time a reasonable estimate for all or a portion of the effects can be made, and provisional amounts can be recognized and adjusted as information becomes available, prepared or analyzed.
Among the significant changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the TCJA lowers the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate (“Federal Tax Rate”) from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. The Company will compute its income tax expense for the September 30, 2018 fiscal year using a blended Federal Tax Rate of 24.5%. The 21% Federal Tax Rate will apply to fiscal years ending September 30, 2019 and each year thereafter.

The Company has recorded provisional amounts for the effects of the TCJA where accounting is not complete, but a reasonable estimate has been determined. The company recorded a $23,941 benefit on the revaluation of deferred tax liabilities as a provisional amount for the re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities, as well as an amount for deductible executive compensation expense, both of which have been reflected in the tax benefit for the nine months ended June 30, 2018.

A reasonable estimate cannot yet be made and therefore taxes are reflected based on the law in effect prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the impact of the one-time mandatory repatriation transition tax on the net accumulated earnings and profits of a U.S. taxpayer’s foreign subsidiaries, bonus depreciation expensing for qualified property placed in service after September 27, 2017 and the impact on state income taxes.

The provisional amounts incorporate assumptions made based upon the Company’s current interpretation of the TCJA and may change as the Company receives additional clarification and implementation guidance.

In accordance with SAB 118 adjustments recorded to the provisional amounts will be reflected within the measurement period through the quarter ended December 31, 2018 and will be included in income from continuing operations and net income as an adjustment to tax expense.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized a tax provision of $1,560 on income before taxes from continuing operations of $9,002, compared to a tax provision of $95 on Income before taxes from continuing operations of $4,547, in the comparable prior year quarter. The current quarter results included acquisition costs of $3,598 ($2,320, net of tax), special dividend ESOP charges of $3,220 ($2,125, net of tax), secondary equity offering costs of $1,205 ($795, net of tax) and discrete and certain other tax benefits, net, of $1,430. The prior year quarter included discrete and certain other tax benefits, net, of $2,522. Excluding these items that affect comparability, the effective tax rates for the quarters ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were 33.9% and 57.5%, respectively.
During the nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recognized a tax benefit of $22,107 on income before taxes from continuing operations of $10,117, compared to a tax benefit of $299 on Income before taxes from continuing operations of $13,147 in the comparable prior year period. The nine month period ended June 30, 2018 included net tax benefits of $24,080 primarily from the December 22, 2017 tax reform bill related to revaluation of deferred tax liabilities, $7,597 ($5,046 net of tax) of acquisition costs, $3,220 ($2,125 net of tax) special dividend ESOP charges, $1,205 ($795, net of tax) secondary equity offering costs and $2,614 ($248, net of tax) charges related to cost of life insurance benefits.  The nine month period ended June 30, 2017 included discrete benefits of $6,478 primarily from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board guidance which requires the Company to recognize excess tax benefits from the vesting of equity awards within income tax expense. Excluding these items that affect comparability, the effective tax rates for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were 33.9% and 47.0%, respectively.