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Other Current Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 25, 2016
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]  
Other Current Liabilities
Other Current Liabilities
Components of other current liabilities were (in thousands):
 
March 25,
2016
 
December 25,
2015
Accrued self-insurance retentions
$
6,953

 
$
6,908

Accrued warranty and service liabilities
7,913

 
7,870

Accrued trade promotions
5,869

 
8,522

Payable for employee stock purchases
1,845

 
8,825

Customer advances and deferred revenue
8,393

 
9,449

Income taxes payable
4,770

 
1,308

Other
25,141

 
32,208

Total
$
60,884

 
$
75,090



A liability is established for estimated future warranty and service claims that relate to current and prior period sales. The Company estimates warranty costs based on historical claim experience and other factors including evaluating specific product warranty issues. Following is a summary of activity in accrued warranty and service liabilities (in thousands):
Balance, December 25, 2015
$
7,870

Charged to expense
1,655

Margin on parts sales reversed
120

Reductions for claims settled
(1,732
)
Balance, March 25, 2016
$
7,913



The Company manages certain self-insured loss exposures through a wholly-owned captive insurance subsidiary established in 2015. At March 25, 2016, cash balances of $9 million were restricted to funding of the captive's loss reserves. Restricted cash is included within other current assets on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet.