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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract] 
Income Taxes
Note K – Income Taxes

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions.  With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2008 and non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities prior to 2005.  During the quarter, the State of New York completed its audit for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 tax years.  The audit resulted in no adjustments and all of the returns were accepted as filed.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits could increase or decrease within the next twelve months for a number of reasons, including the closure of federal, state and foreign tax years by expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition and measurement considerations under FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740.  There have been no significant changes to the amount of unrecognized tax benefits during the three or nine months ended October 1, 2011.  The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will not increase or decrease significantly over the next twelve months.