Income Taxes Income Taxes (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 13. Income Taxes

We recorded income tax benefit of $(3,182) on a pre-tax loss of $(4,875) during the 13 weeks ended January 25, 2020, which represented an effective income tax rate of 65.3% and income tax benefit of $(294) on pre-tax income of $475 during the 13 weeks ended January 26, 2019, which represented an effective income tax rate of (61.9)%. The effective tax rate for the 13 weeks ended January 26, 2019 is higher as compared to the prior year comparable period due to permanent differences.

We recorded income tax expense of $1,683 on a pre-tax income of $3,766 during the 39 weeks ended January 25, 2020, which represented an effective income tax rate of 44.7% and income tax expense of $2,680 on pre-tax income of $24,524 during the 39 weeks ended January 26, 2019, which represented an effective income tax rate of 10.9%. The effective tax rate for the 39 weeks ended January 26, 2019 is higher as compared to the prior year comparable period due to permanent differences.