Provision for Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $3,963,000 in the first three months of 2019 and $3,861,000 in the first three months of 2018. The effective tax rate of 26% in the first three months of 2019 was higher than the Company's statutory rate of 21% primarily due to nondeductible expenses, the distribution of the Company’s worldwide earnings, state taxes, and tax expense associated with the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (2017 Tax Act). This incremental tax expense was offset in part by a decrease in tax related to the net excess income tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements. The effective tax rate of 26% in the first three months of 2018 was higher than the Company's statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to a true-up to the federal provisional net income tax expense initially recorded in 2017 for the 2017 Tax Act, the U.S. tax cost of foreign operations, including the GILTI provisions of the 2017 Tax Act, and the distribution of the Company's worldwide earnings. This incremental tax expense was offset in part by a decrease in tax related to the net excess income tax benefits from stock-based compensation arrangements, the reversal of tax reserves associated with uncertain tax positions, and a favorable impact to state taxes primarily related to the true-up to the provisional net income tax expense initially recorded in 2017 for the 2017 Tax Act.