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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Income Tax [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 2011 and non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities prior to 2009.

The Company repatriated approximately $1.2 million and $1.1 million in cash from its foreign subsidiaries in the first three months of 2015 and 2014, respectively.  The impact on the effective tax rate was less than 1% in either period.

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 months ended April 4, 2015.  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.