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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes  

Provision for Income Tax.

The Company calculates its interim tax provision in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740-270, Income Taxes; Interim Reporting. For interim periods, the Company estimates its annual effective income tax rate and applies the estimated rate to the year-to-date income or loss before income taxes. The Company also computes the tax provision or benefit related to items reported separately and recognizes the items net of their related tax effect in the interim periods in which they occur. The Company also recognizes the effect of changes in enacted tax laws or rates in the interim periods in which the changes occur.  The Company recorded a provision for income tax of $14 thousand and $23 thousand for the nine months ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017, respectively.

In December 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No.118 (SAB 118) to provide guidance on the application of the Tax Reform Act when a company does not have necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed to reflect the effects of the Tax Reform Act. SAB 118 provides guidance for companies under three scenarios (1) measurement of certain income tax effects is complete, (2) measurement of certain income tax effect can be reasonably estimated, and (3) measurement of certain income tax effects cannot be reasonably estimated.  Companies are to complete the accounting under ASC 740 in regards to the Tax Reform Act within a measurement period that does not extend one year from the date of enactment (i.e., December 22, 2018).  The Company is still within the measurement period as of the end of the third quarter of 2018 and the Company is continuing to review the impact of the adoption of the Tax Reform Act on the Company.     

Deferred Income Taxes.

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized using enacted tax rates for the effect of temporary differences between the book and tax bases of recorded assets and liabilities. ASC 740 also requires that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017, based on the Company’s recent history of earnings and its forecasted losses, management believes on the more likely than not basis that a full valuation allowance is required. Accordingly, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017, the company provided a full valuation allowance on its federal and states deferred tax assets.

Uncertain Tax Positions.

The Company accounts for its uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740.  As of December 30, 2017, the Company had $1.0 million of unrecognized tax benefits, none of the unrecognized tax benefits would result in a change in the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized in future years.

The Company is not aware of any other uncertain tax positions that could result in significant additional payments, accruals, or other material deviation in this estimate during the fiscal year.

The Company is subject to United States federal income tax as well as to income taxes in state jurisdictions. The Company’s federal and state income tax returns are open to examination by tax authorities for three years and three-to-five years, respectively.