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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Footnote 14 — Income Taxes

The Company’s income tax expense and resulting effective tax rate are based upon an estimated annual effective tax rate applicable for the period adjusted for the effects of items required to be treated as discrete to the period, including changes in tax laws, changes in estimated exposures for uncertain tax positions and other items.

The Company’s reported tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was (2565%) and 19.2%, respectively. The difference from the statutory tax rate to the reported tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2018 is primarily due to one-time benefits related to recognition of deferred taxes on our operations in France that were previously determined to be unrealizable. In addition, lower pre-tax income and the reduction in U.S. tax rate to 21% as of January 1, 2018 contributed to an overall negative tax rate in the first quarter. The difference from the statutory tax rate to the reported tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2017 is primarily due to the sale of the Tools business, the inclusion of Jarden and discrete tax benefits compared with the prior year.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Reform”) was enacted which significantly changed U.S. tax law by lowering the federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0%, modifying the foreign earnings deferral provisions, and imposing a one-time toll charge on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017. For 2018, the Company considered in its estimated annual effective tax rate additional provisions of Tax Reform including changes to the deduction for executive compensation and interest expense, a tax on global intangible low-taxed income provisions (“GILTI”), the base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”), and a deduction for foreign-derived intangible income (“FDII”). The Company has elected to treat tax on GILTI income as a period cost and has therefore included it in its annual estimated effective tax rate.

The Company is continuing to apply the guidance in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) and as of March 31, 2018, the Company has not completed its accounting for all the tax effects enacted under Tax Reform. The Company made reasonable estimates of those effects during 2017. The Company will continue to refine its estimates as additional guidance and information becomes available.