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INCOME TAX
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
INCOME TAX

The Company is subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes and income tax assets and liabilities, including evaluating uncertainties in the application of accounting principles and complex tax laws. The statute of limitations, in general, is open for years 2014 to 2017 for tax authorities in those jurisdictions to audit or examine income tax returns. The Company is under annual review by the tax authorities of the respective jurisdiction to which the subsidiaries belong.

 

The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Tax Act, among other things reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%, eliminated corporate Alternative Minimum Tax, modified rules for expensing capital investment, and limited the deduction of interest expense for certain companies. The Tax Act is a fundamental change to the taxation of multinational companies, including a shift from a system of worldwide taxation with some deferral elements to a territorial system, current taxation of certain foreign income, a minimum tax on low tax foreign earnings, and new measures to curtail base erosion and promote U.S. production.

 

As the Company has a June 30 fiscal year end, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a lower U.S. statutory federal rate. In accordance with Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company applied a blended U.S. statutory federal income tax rate of 27.5% for the year ended June 30, 2018. Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 740 requires filers to record the effect of tax law changes in the period enacted. During fiscal year 2018, the Company recognized income tax expenses of $900 related to the one-time deemed repatriation. No expenses have been recognized related to the deferred tax re-measurement and minimum tax on low tax foreign earnings. However, SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), that permits filers who may not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed (including computations) for certain income tax effects of the Act in order to determine a reasonable estimate to be recorded as provisional amounts during a measurement period ending no later than one year from the date of enactment.

 

Certain material provisions affecting the Company is provided below.

 

One-Time Mandatory Repatriation

 

One of the effects of the Tax Act is to transition from a world-wide to a territorial tax system. The Tax Act requires a mandatory one-time repatriation of certain post-1986 earnings and profits that were deferred from U.S. taxation by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. The basis of the tax is on cash held and specified assets which are taxed at 15.5% and 8%, respectively. The Company has elected to pay the repatriation tax over an 8-year period. 

 

The Company recorded an estimated $900 charge in fiscal 2018 related to the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, which was included in the provision for income taxes on our consolidated income statements and income taxes on our consolidated balance sheets, based on existing tax laws and the best information available as of the date of estimate.

 

As of second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the initial estimate for the one-time transition tax was adjusted to reflect final computation using all available data and tax legislation published post estimate. In the second quarter of fiscal 2019 upon finalization of our accounting analysis, we reversed $145 from the provision of income tax thus reducing the tax liability related to the one-time transition tax to $755. That adjustment materially impacts our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate. The significant change is due to the update of information from additional analysis performed on foreign tax pools and earnings and profits computations where the information is only available post-estimate. As at March 31, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Services are still in the process of issuing various regulations related to the Tax Act. The transition tax may change in the future due to changes in tax law as enacted by the U.S. Government, new guidance from federal and state regulators and related interpretations of the Tax Act.

 

Minimum Tax on Low Tax Foreign Earnings

 

The Tax Act implemented the inclusion in gross income for the Global Intangible Low-Tax Income (GILTI) for any taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2018. This provision significantly expands current taxation of foreign subsidiary corporate earnings. The Company must generally include in current income all earnings of the foreign subsidiaries in excess of the assumed deemed return on tangible assets of the foreign subsidiaries. The Company has elected to provide for the minimum tax as future income tax expense as a period expense. The Company recorded $19 of income tax expense related to GILTI for the nine months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Deferred Tax Re-Measurement

 

The re-measurement is based on the expected reversals of the deferred taxes at the estimated U.S. federal tax rates of 28.0% for the current fiscal year and 21.0% for future fiscal years. As the Company established a full valuation allowance on the U.S. deferred tax assets, the Company has not recognized any income tax effects for the deferred tax re-measurement under the Tax Act. The Company’s accounting for any possible income tax effects for the deferred tax re-measurement will be completed during the measurement period, which should not extend beyond one year from the enactment date.

 

The Company accrues penalties and interest related to unrecognized tax benefits when necessary as a component of penalties and interest expenses, respectively. The Company had not accrued any penalties or interest expenses relating to unrecognized benefits as of March 31, 2019.