Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company’s provision for income taxes is based upon estimated annual tax rates for the year applied to federal, state and foreign income. The provision for income taxes increased to $30.0 million in the third quarter of 2017 from $29.4 million in the same period of 2016. The effective tax rate decreased to 26.4% for the third quarter of 2017 compared to 29.6% in the same period of 2016 due to the partial release of the capital loss valuation allowance, higher excess tax benefit recognized in the current period, the mix of global pre-tax income among jurisdictions and the prior year incurrence of an additional $5.2 million of foreign withholding taxes as a result of global cash used to fund the SFC Koenig acquisition.

The provision for income taxes increased to $88.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $82.0 million in the same period of 2016. The effective tax rate decreased to 26.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to 27.7% in the same period of 2016 due to foreign tax credits, the partial release of the capital loss valuation allowance and the mix of global pre-tax income among jurisdictions.

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various state and foreign jurisdictions. Due to the potential for resolution of federal, state and foreign examinations, and the expiration of various statutes of limitation, it is reasonably possible that the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits balance may change within the next twelve months by a range of zero to $1.4 million.