Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Taxes

Note 12. Income Taxes:

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 and 2022 was 24.7% and 16.4%, respectively, of consolidated earnings before income taxes, and 17.9% and 8.2% for the first six months of fiscal 2023 and 2022, respectively. The change in the company’s tax rate for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2021 was driven by discrete tax items.

The Company recognized total net expense related to discrete tax items of $4.6 million and total net benefits of $3.2 million during the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, compared to total net benefits of $7.6 million and $25.3 million during the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively. Share-based compensation excess tax benefit contributed $0.9 million and $9.1 million in the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, compared to $6.1 million and $24.4 million in the quarter and six months, ended December 31, 2021, respectively. During the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2022, the Company had discrete tax expense of $5.7 million related to taxes associated with a planned distribution from our China entity. There was no expense in the comparative periods related to distributions. The Company recognized total other immaterial net discrete tax benefits of $0.2 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and net discrete tax expense of $0.2 million in the six months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, compared to $1.5 million and $0.9 million of other immaterial net discrete tax benefit in the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.