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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
7. Income Taxes

Ordinarily, interim tax provisions are calculated using the estimated effective tax rate (“ETR”) expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. However, when a reliable estimate of the annual ETR cannot be made, the actual ETR for the year-to-date period may be the best estimate of the annual ETR. For the three and nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 we used the actual year-to-date ETR in computing our tax provision or benefit as a reliable estimate of the annual ETR cannot be made as relatively small changes in our projected income or loss produce a significant variation in our ETR. The actual year-to-date ETR on income or loss from continuing operations for the three months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013, was 26.5% and 10.4%, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 was 36.2% and 9.0%, respectively. The tax provision or benefit on income or loss from continuing operations in 2014 and 2013 differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the inability to benefit our domestic losses other than to the extent we have a tax provision on income from items that are excluded from continuing operations, foreign income taxed at lower rates, changes in our deferred tax asset valuation allowance, state taxes and changes and interest related to unrecognized tax benefits.

There was no material change to our unrecognized tax benefits and interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits during the three and nine months ended September 27, 2014.