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Income taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2013
Income taxes  
Income taxes

6.                                      Income taxes

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 30, 2013 was (32.4%) compared to 67.9% for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 24, 2012. The effective income tax rates fell below the federal statutory rate in 2013 primarily due to $5,707 of tax expense resulting from a valuation allowance recorded on the IPO-related stock-based compensation deferred tax asset recorded in the third quarter and $719 of tax expense resulting from a valuation allowance recorded on deferred tax assets of certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company.  The effective income tax rates exceeded the federal statutory rate in 2012 primarily due to decreases in the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and a $3,742 tax benefit recorded in 2012 related a reduction in statutory Swedish tax rates and special economic zone incentives in Poland.