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Income Taxes (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Nov. 24, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes. The objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns.

Our effective tax rate decreased to 23.3% for the three months ended November 24, 2018 from 32.3% for the three months ended November 25, 2017 due primarily to the enactment of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("Tax Act") on December 22, 2017. The rate reduction was primarily due to the Tax Act decrease in the Federal rate offset by the repeal of the domestic production activities deduction and by a reduced benefit from stock-based compensation activity in the current quarter.

ASU 2018-05, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, provided guidance for companies that allows for a measurement period of up to one year after the enactment date of the Tax Act to finalize the recording of the related tax impacts under ASC 740, Income Taxes. In accordance with this guidance, a company must reflect the income tax effect of those aspects of the Tax Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company's accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act is incomplete, but it is able to determine a reasonable estimate, the company must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements.

In accordance with ASC 740, we recorded non-cash provisional estimates to income tax expense in Fiscal 2018 as a result of revaluing all deferred tax assets and liabilities at the newly enacted Federal corporate income tax rate. We have not made any measurement period adjustments related to these items during the first three months of Fiscal 2019 and are materially complete in analyzing and recording all aspects of the enactment of the Tax Act.

We file a U.S. Federal tax return as well as returns in various international and state jurisdictions. Although certain years are no longer subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and various state taxing authorities, net operating loss carryforwards generated in those years may still be adjusted upon examination by the IRS or state taxing authorities. As of November 24, 2018, our Federal returns from Fiscal 2015 to present continue to be subject to review by the IRS. With limited exception, our state returns from Fiscal 2014 to present continue to be subject to review by the state taxing jurisdictions. Several years may lapse before an uncertain tax position is audited and finally resolved, and it is difficult to predict the outcome of such audits.

It is our policy to recognize interest and penalties accrued relative to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Total reserves for uncertain tax positions were not material.