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Note 10 - Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
10:
   Income Taxes
 
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax and various state, local, and foreign income taxes in numerous jurisdictions. The Company’s domestic and foreign tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of revenues and expenses in different jurisdictions and the timing of recognizing revenues and expenses. Additionally, the amount of income taxes paid is subject to the Company’s interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which it files.
 
The Company provides for income taxes on an interim basis based on an estimate of the effective tax rate for the year. This estimate is reassessed on a quarterly basis. Discrete tax items are accounted for in the quarterly period in which they occur.
On
December 22, 2017,
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted in the United States. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from a graduated rate of
35%
to a flat rate of
21%,
requires companies to pay a
one
-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”)
740
requires filers to record the effect of tax law changes in the period enacted. However, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin
No.
118
(“SAB
118”
), that permits filers to record provisional amounts during a measurement period ending
no
later than
one
year from the date of the Act’s enactment.
 
As of
December 31, 2018,
the Company has completed the accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. During the
six
months ended
December 31, 2018,
the Company did
not
recognize any significant adjustments to the provisional tax expense previously recorded.
 
The Company has incorporated the other impacts of tax reform that became effective for the Company in fiscal
2019
including the provisions related to Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”), Foreign Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”), Base Erosion Anti Abuse Tax (“BEAT”), as well as other provisions, which limit tax deductibility of expenses. For fiscal
2019,
the GILTI provisions are expected to have the most significant impact to the Company. Under the new law, U.S. taxes are imposed on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of its foreign subsidiaries. In general, this foreign income will effectively be taxed at an additional
10.5%
tax rate reduced by any available current year foreign tax credits. The ability to benefit foreign tax credits
may
be limited under the GILTI rules as a result of the utilization of net operating losses, foreign sourced income and other potential limitations within the foreign tax credit calculation. The estimated impact of GILTI for fiscal
2019
is an increase to the Company’s effective tax rate of approximately
7%.
 
 
The tax expense for the
third
quarter of fiscal
2019
was
$1.0
million on a profit before tax of
$3.0
million (an effective tax rate of
31%
). The tax rate for the
third
quarter of fiscal
2019
was higher than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the GILTI provisions, which became effective in fiscal
2019,
as well as changes in the jurisdictional mix of earnings. The tax expense for the
third
quarter of fiscal
2018
was
$0.7
million on profit before tax of
$2.3
million (an effective tax rate of
30%
).
 
For the
first
nine
months of fiscal
2019,
tax expense was
$2.4
million on profit before tax of
$7.0
million (an effective tax rate of
34%
). The tax rate for the
first
nine
months of fiscal
2019
was higher than the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to the GILTI provisions, which became effective in fiscal
2019,
as well as changes in the jurisdictional mix of earnings. For the
first
nine
months of fiscal
2018,
tax expense was
$8.5
million on profit before tax of
$4.1
million for an effective tax rate of
209%.
Before the tax charge related to new tax legislation, tax expense was
$1.3
million or
31.5%
of pre-tax income.
 
U.S. Federal tax returns for years prior to fiscal
2016
are generally
no
longer subject to review by tax authorities; however, tax loss carryforwards from earlier years are still subject to adjustment. As of
December 31, 2018,
the Company has substantially resolved all open income tax audits and there were
no
other local or federal income tax audits in progress. In international jurisdictions including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK, which comprise a significant portion of the Company’s operations, the years that
may
be examined vary by country. The Company’s most significant foreign subsidiary in Brazil is subject to audit for the calendar years
2013
– present. During the next
twelve
months, it is possible there will be a reduction of
$0.1
million in long-term tax obligations due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on prior year tax returns.
 
Accounting for income taxes requires estimates of future benefits and tax liabilities. Due to the temporary differences in the timing of recognition of items included in income for accounting and tax purposes, deferred tax assets or liabilities are recorded to reflect the impact arising from these differences on future tax payments. With respect to recorded tax assets, the Company assesses the likelihood that the asset will be realized by addressing the positive and negative evidence to determine whether realization is more likely than
not
to occur. If realization is in doubt because of uncertainty regarding future profitability, the Company provides a valuation allowance related to the asset to the extent that it is more likely than
not
that the deferred tax asset will
not
be realized. Should any significant changes in the tax law or the estimate of the necessary valuation allowance occur, the Company would record the impact of the change, which could have a material effect on the Company’s financial position.
 
No
valuation allowance has been recorded for the Company’s U.S. federal and foreign deferred tax assets related to temporary differences in items included in taxable income. The Company continues to believe that due to forecasted future taxable income and certain tax planning strategies available, it is more likely than
not
that, it will be able to utilize the tax benefit provided by those differences. In the U.S., a partial valuation allowance has been provided for foreign tax credit carryforwards due to the uncertainty of generating sufficient foreign source income to utilize those credits in the future and certain state net operating loss carryforwards that will expire in the near future unutilized.