INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

6. INCOME TAXES

The Company conducts business globally and reports its results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. The Company’s reported tax rate is impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which it operates have tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate.

For the three and nine months ended January 1, 2022, the Company reported income tax expense of $8.2 million and $14.7 million, respectively, representing effective tax rates of 26.0% and 30.4%, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended January 1, 2022 includes discrete tax expense relating to stock compensation shortfalls of $0.9 million, with no discrete tax expense relating to stock compensation shortfalls recorded in the three months ended January 1, 2022.

For the three and nine months ended December 26, 2020, the Company reported income tax expense of $5.5 million and $9.8 million, respectively, representing effective tax rates of 14.7% and 9.8%, respectively. The effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended December 26, 2020 included discrete tax benefits recognized from excess stock compensation deductions of $1.0 million and $5.1 million, respectively. The effective tax rates were also impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings including divestiture transactions. During the nine months ended December 26, 2020, the Company sold its Fajardo, Puerto Rico manufacturing operations, certain U.S. blood donor management software solution assets, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Inlog Holdings France SAS. The tax expense on divestitures, including the associated valuation allowance impacts, were included in the computation of the annual effective tax rate.