Note N: Income Taxes



The Company’s effective income tax rate was 23.7% and 1.1% for the three months ended February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2018, respectively, and 24.0% and 22.0% for the nine months ended February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2018, respectively.  The increase in the effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2019 was primarily due to the enactment of the Tax Act in December 2017.  During the three months ended February 28, 2018, we recorded a non-recurring one-time net tax benefit for the revaluation of our net deferred tax liabilities and a net tax benefit for the change in our annual effective tax rate for the first six months of fiscal 2018.  The effective income tax rates in both periods were impacted by recognition of net discrete tax benefits related to employee stock-based compensation payments.