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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
As of June 29, 2013, the Company had $263 million accrued for unrecognized tax benefits, all of which would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized. Additionally, the Company had $41 million accrued for interest and penalties as of June 29, 2013. At December 29, 2012, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $314 million and the accrual for interest and penalties was $69 million. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.
The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. The Company has substantially concluded all U.S. federal income tax matters for all tax years through 2001. Additionally, substantially all material foreign, state and local income tax matters have been concluded for all tax years through 2004. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) completed an audit of the Company’s 2002 through 2005 tax returns and proposed adjustments in its audit report issued in November 2008. The IRS completed an audit of the Company’s 2006 and 2007 tax returns and proposed adjustments in its audit report issued in March 2011. The Company initiated its defense at the IRS appellate level in January 2009 for the 2002 through 2005 adjustments and in May 2011 for the 2006 through 2007 adjustments. The IRS is currently auditing the Company’s 2008 and 2009 tax returns and an audit report is expected to be issued in 2013. In 2012, the Company recorded $46 million of additional tax expense related to a settlement reserve for certain prior period tax positions related to the 2002 through 2009 tax years. While the final resolution of the Company's outstanding tax matters for these years is expected in 2013, the Company remitted a $106 million payment in April 2013 to the IRS to suspend interest charges on these prior period tax positions. The Company does not expect its unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly over the next 12 months.