11. Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended
	September 25, 2016			September 27, 2015
Provision for income taxes	$	3,726		$	3,940
Effective tax rate		29.0	%		33.6	%

The effective tax rates for the periods presented above are lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35% primarily due to foreign income being taxed at lower rates and a decrease in the valuation allowance for the Company’s investment in PAL. These items were partially offset by losses in tax jurisdictions for which no tax benefit could be recognized and state and local income taxes net of federal benefits.

The Company regularly assesses the outcomes of both completed and ongoing examinations to ensure that the Company’s provision for income taxes is sufficient. Certain returns that remain open to examination have utilized carryforward tax attributes generated in prior tax years, including net operating losses, which could potentially be revised upon examination.

Components of the Company’s deferred tax valuation allowance are as follows:

	September 25, 2016			June 26, 2016
Investment in a former domestic unconsolidated affiliate	$	(6,320	)	$	(6,418	)
Equity-method investment in PAL		(1,650	)		(2,102	)
Other ⁽¹⁾		(5,030	)		(5,030	)
Total deferred tax valuation allowance	$	(13,000	)	$	(13,550	)

(1)	Other relates primarily to Renewables.