Income Taxes

The following table presents the Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes (in thousands):



	Fiscal Quarter Ended						Two Fiscal Quarters Ended
	June 28, 2016			June 30, 2015			June 28, 2016			June 30, 2015
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	2,177		$	1,756		$	1,083		$	(39	)
Effective tax rate	(18.3		)%	36.5		%	(7.0		)%	14.3		%

During the second quarter of 2016, the Company determined that it was appropriate to record a valuation allowance against U.S. deferred tax assets due to uncertainty regarding the realizability of future tax benefits. During the second quarter of 2016, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $0.7 million against U.S. deferred tax assets, reversed the benefit for income taxes recognized during the first quarter of 2016 of $1.3 million (exclusive of the Canadian valuation allowance recorded during the first quarter of 2016), and recognized a provision for income taxes for discrete and certain other items. This resulted in the Company recording a net provision for income taxes of $2.2 million during the second quarter of 2016. During the first two quarters of 2016, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $0.9 million against U.S. and Canadian deferred tax assets and recognized a provision for income taxes for for discrete and certain other items. This resulted in the Company recording a net provision for income taxes of $1.1 million during the first two quarters of 2016.

The Company will maintain the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets until there is sufficient evidence to support a full or partial reversal. The reversal of a previously recorded valuation allowance will generally result in a benefit to the effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2016 and the first two quarters of 2016 reflects the impact of a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, which was not recorded during the second quarter of 2015 or the first two quarters of 2015. For the remainder of fiscal 2016, the Company does not anticipate material income tax expense or benefit as a result of the valuation allowance recorded.