Note H - Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

H. Income Taxes

Accounting policies for interim reporting require the Company to adjust its effective tax rate each quarter to be consistent with the estimated Annual Effective Tax Rate (AETR). Under this effective tax rate methodology, the Company applies an estimated annual income tax rate to its year-to-date ordinary earnings to derive its income tax provision each quarter. To calculate its AETR, an entity must estimate its ordinary income or loss and the related tax expense or benefit for its full fiscal year. In situations in which an entity is in a loss position and recognizes a full valuation allowance, the guidance in ASC 740-270-25-9 applies. Due to continued historical domestic losses and uncertain future domestic earnings, the Company continues to recognize a full domestic valuation allowance. Permanent differences continue to fluctuate and are significant compared to projected ordinary income. Therefore, per ASC guidance, the fully valued domestic entity was removed from the annualized effective rate calculation. Because of the full US valuation allowance, the US entity may only recognize tax expense / benefit recorded for ASC 740-10 adjustments.

For the three months ended September 29, 2023 and September 30, 2022 the Company’s effective income tax rate was (101.7)% and 26.3% respectively. Foreign earnings were $3,200 and ($2,080), respectively, with a related tax expense of $516 and ($702), respectively. Domestic losses were ($3,700) and ($542), respectively, with a related tax expense of $30 and $14, respectively. Due to the full US valuation allowance currently in place, no tax benefit can be recognized on the domestic losses. This inability to recognize a tax benefit for domestic purposes resulted in a consolidated tax expense of $546 and ($688) respectively, on a year-to-date loss of ($537) and ($2,012), respectively.

The Company maintains valuation allowances when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Changes in valuation allowances from period to period are included in the tax provision in the period of change. In determining whether a valuation allowance is required, the Company takes into account such factors as prior earnings history, expected future earnings, carry-back and carry-forward periods, and tax strategies that could potentially enhance the likelihood of realization of a deferred tax asset. In addition, all other available positive and negative evidence is taken into consideration, including all new impacts of tax reform. The Company has evaluated the realizability of the net deferred tax assets related to its foreign operations and based on this evaluation management has concluded that no valuation allowances are required.

The Company has approximately $867 of unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, as of September 29, 2023, which, if recognized, would favorably impact the effective tax rate. There were no significant changes in the total unrecognized tax benefits due to the settlement of audits, the expiration of statutes of limitations or for other items during the quarter ended September 29, 2023. It appears possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits could change in the next twelve months due to on-going activity.

Annually, the Company files income tax returns in various taxing jurisdictions inside and outside the United States. In general, the tax years that remain subject to examination in foreign jurisdictions are 2018 through 2023. The tax year open to exam in the Netherlands is 2019. The tax years open to examination in the U.S. are for years subsequent to fiscal 2018. It is reasonably possible that other audit cycles will be completed during fiscal 2024.