Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

Income taxes for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2020 have been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements using an estimated annual effective tax rate. In addition to applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to pre-tax income, the Company also includes certain items treated as discrete events to arrive at an estimated overall tax provision. During the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized a net discrete tax benefit of $0.2 million related to the reversal of an unrecognized tax benefit and a change in estimate of nondeductible expenses for a prior period.

The Company’s effective tax rate of 53.1% and 29.6% for the quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2020, respectively, differs from the current federal statutory rate of 21% primarily as a result of income derived from tax jurisdictions with varying income tax rates, nondeductible expenses and state income taxes. The effective tax rate for the quarter is significantly higher than effective tax rate for the nine month period primarily due to the impact of lowered forecasted earnings and changes in the geographical mix of income.

The Company has provided for U.S. income taxes for the current earnings of its Canadian subsidiary and will continue to distribute the earnings of its Canadian subsidiary. Earnings from Brazil will continue to be considered retained indefinitely for reinvestment and all other foreign geographies are immaterial. It has been the practice of the Company to reinvest those earnings in the businesses outside the United States. Apart from the one-time transition tax recognized in accordance with the U.S. government enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) during fiscal year 2018, any incremental deferred income taxes on the unremitted foreign earnings are not expected to be material.

The Tax Act created a provision known as global intangible low-tax income ("GILTI") that imposes a tax on certain earnings of foreign subsidiaries. The GILTI tax became effective for the Company during fiscal year 2019, and an accounting policy election was made to treat the tax as a current period expense.

The Company had approximately $1.0 million and $1.2 million of total gross unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. Of this total at March 31, 2020, approximately $0.8 million represents the amount of unrecognized tax benefits that are permanent in nature and, if recognized, would affect the annual effective tax rate. The Company does not believe that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months of the reporting date.

The Company conducts business globally and one or more of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal, various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities in countries and states in which it operates. With certain exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for the years before June 30, 2014.

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. At March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company had approximately $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, accrued for interest and penalties, respectively.

Financial results in Belgium produced a pre-tax loss of approximately $1.0 million and $0.8 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. The valuation of Belgium's net deferred tax asset will depend on future profitability and potential future transactions. In the judgment of management, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized.