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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Mar. 10, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
No cash payments of estimated federal income taxes were made during the 12 week period ended November 18, 2020 and the two quarters ended March 11, 2020, respectively. Under the going concern basis of accounting, deferred tax assets and liabilities were recorded based on differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using currently enacted rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Under the liquidation basis of accounting, we have estimated the actual cash tax payments based on our estimate of operations and the timing and amount to be collected on the sale of our assets. We have included a liability of $616 thousand in accrued expenses and other liabilities on our consolidated statement of net assets in liquidation at March 10, 2021.
Under the going concern basis of accounting, deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent future taxable income is expected to be sufficient to utilize those assets prior to their expiration. If current available evidence and information raises doubt regarding the realization of the deferred tax assets, on a more likely than not basis, a valuation allowance is necessary. In evaluating our ability to realize the Company's deferred tax assets, the Company considered available positive and negative evidence, scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations.
Under the going concern basis of accounting, the effective tax rate ("ETR") for continuing operations was a negative 1.6% for the quarter ended March 11, 2020. The ETR was a negative 2.0% for the 12 week period ended November 18, 2020 and a negative 1.3% for the two quarters ended March 11, 2020. The ETR for the 12 week period ended November 18, 2020 differed from the federal statutory rate of 21% due to management's full valuation allowance conclusion, state income taxes, and other discrete items.
Management believes that adequate provisions for income taxes have been reflected in the financial statements and is not aware of any significant exposure items that have not been reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Amounts considered probable of settlements within one year have been included in the accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act contains numerous tax provisions; however, there was no impact on our income tax provision due to management's full valuation allowance conclusion. We will continue to assess the effect of the CARES Act and the ongoing other legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic that may be issued, including the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 that was signed in law on December 27, 2020.