Based on our current long-term projections at that time we used a long-term non-GAAP tax
rate of 33%. This rate was consistent with the average of our normalized fiscal year tax rate
over a four year period that included the past three fiscal years plus the current fiscal year
forecast.
In the second quarter of our fiscal 2018, we revised our estimated annual non-GAAP tax rate
to reflect the change in the U.S. federal statutory rate, as a result of the 2017 Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act). The federal statutory rate change, to 21%, was effective January 1,
2018, and therefore, the change resulted in a blended U.S. federal statutory rate of 26.9%
for our fiscal year 2018. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, we adjusted our non-GAAP tax
rate from 26.3% to 26.2% based on continued analysis of the impacts from the 2017 Tax
Act. Because of the transitional impact of the 2017 Tax Act provisions, the fiscal 2018 non-
GAAP tax rate is based on our current year results only, without reference to long-term
forecasts. This non-GAAP tax rate excludes the income tax effects of the non-GAAP pre-tax
adjustments described above and eliminates the effects of the non-recurring and period
specific items. We have applied this tax rate to year to date pre-tax income, after the
elimination of the effects of the non-GAAP adjustments described above.
In fiscal 2019, we will fully benefit from the U.S. federal statutory rate change and will use a
long-term non-GAAP tax rate for evaluating operating results and for planning, forecasting,
and analyzing future periods. This long-term non-GAAP tax rate excludes the income tax
effects of the non-GAAP pre-tax adjustments described above and eliminates the effects of
non-recurring and period specific items which can vary in size and frequency. Due to the
changes in the U.S. federal statutory rate in fiscal 2018, as a result of the 2017 Tax Act, the
calculation of the fiscal 2019 long-term non-GAAP rate includes only our current forecast
considerations and is equal to the average of our forecasted tax rates over our long term
forecast period. Based on these current projections, we are using a long-term non-GAAP tax
rate of 23% for fiscal 2019. This long-term non-GAAP tax rate could be subject to change for
various reasons including significant changes in our geographic earnings mix or fundamental
tax law changes in major jurisdictions in which we operate. We will evaluate this long-term
non-GAAP tax rate on an annual basis and whenever any significant events occur which
may materially affect this rate.
Operating results and gains and losses on the sale of discontinued operations. From time to
time, we sell or otherwise dispose of selected operations as we adjust our portfolio of
businesses to meet our strategic goals. In accordance with GAAP, we segregate the
operating results of discontinued operations as well as gains and losses on the sale of these
discontinued operations from continuing operations on our GAAP statements of operations
but continue to include them in GAAP net income or loss and net income or loss per share.
We exclude these amounts from our non-GAAP financial measures.
The reconciliations of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly
comparable GAAP financial measures in Table J include all information reasonably available
to Intuit at the date of this press release. These tables include adjustments that we can
reasonably predict. Events that could cause the reconciliation to change include acquisitions
and divestitures of businesses, goodwill and other asset impairments, sales of available-for-
sale debt securities and other investments, and disposals of businesses and long-lived
assets.
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