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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

Income taxes for the three months ended August 31, 2017 included $6.6 million of discrete tax benefits consisting of the following: (i) $4.6 million related to the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the settlement of tax audits in various jurisdictions and the expiration of a statute of limitation in a non-US jurisdiction, (ii) $1.2 million for an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed, and (iii) $0.8 million of excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation.

Income taxes for the nine months ended August 31, 2017 included $17.3 million of discrete tax benefits consisting of the following: (i) $9.4 million related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation, (ii) the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest of $6.8 million associated with the expiration of statute of limitations and settlement of tax audits in various jurisdictions, (iii) $1.2 million for an adjustment to a prior year tax accrual based on the final return filed, less (iv) a net detriment of $0.1 million resulting from the revaluation of deferred tax assets related to legislation enacted in our first quarter.

Other than the discrete tax benefits mentioned previously and additions for current year tax positions, there were no significant changes to unrecognized tax benefits during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2017.

Income taxes for the three months ended August 31, 2016 included $10.0 million of discrete tax benefits, consisting primarily of the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest associated with the expiration of statutes of limitations in the U.S. and an international jurisdiction. Income taxes for the nine months ended August 31, 2016 included $20.7 million of discrete tax benefits that primarily consisted of the following: (i) the reversal of unrecognized tax benefits and related interest of $11.3 million related to the expiration of statutes of limitations in the U.S. and in international jurisdictions; (ii) a reversal of a valuation allowance on an international deferred tax asset of $6.4 million due to a change in facts that favorably impacted our assessment of the likely recoverability of that deferred tax asset; (iii) recognition of the tax year 2015 research tax credit of $2.8 million as a result of new legislation enacted in our first quarter; and (iv) a $1.0 million revaluation of a deferred tax liability as a result of legislation enacted in our first quarter reducing the statutory tax rate for a non-U.S. jurisdiction.

As of August 31, 2017, we believe the reasonably possible total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that could increase or decrease in the next 12 months as a result of various statute expirations, audit closures, and/or tax settlements would not be material to our consolidated financial statements.