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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jan. 26, 2013
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 10: Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 was 33.3% compared to 15.7% for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. The effective rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 was positively impacted by discrete items of $1.1 million. Of this total, $1.0 million related to the non-taxable book gain on the sale of investments. Absent the discrete adjustments, the effective rate for the quarter would have been 37.7%. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 was reduced by 19.4 percentage points mainly due to the impact of adjusting the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets of $2.8 million and other discrete items of $0.8 million. Absent these adjustments, the effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 would have been 35.1%.

Our effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2013 was 34.6% compared to (102.2)% for the first nine months of fiscal 2012. The effective rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2013 was positively impacted by discrete items of $1.1 million. Of this total, $1.0 million related to the non-taxable book gain on the sale of investments. Absent the discrete adjustments, the effective rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2013 would have been 37.2%. During the first nine months of fiscal 2012 we recorded a substantial tax benefit as a result of releasing a portion of the valuation allowance relating to U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets. Absent this adjustment, our effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2012 would have been 35.5%.

Our consolidated balance sheet at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2013 reflected a $1.4 million liability for uncertain income tax positions. The balance will be paid or released as tax audits are completed or settled.