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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
 
For the Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 26,
2014
 
September 27,
2013
 
September 26,
2014
 
September 27,
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective Income Tax Rate
 
33.2
%
 
34.0
%
 
33.6
%
 
34.2
%


The effective income tax rate represents the combined federal, state and foreign tax effects attributable to pretax earnings for the year. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 26, 2014, as compared to the rates for the same periods in the prior year is primarily due to a return to provision adjustment recorded during the third quarter.