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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 11: Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate for continuing operations in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and the third quarter of fiscal 2013 was 33.2%, and was 33.5% for the first nine months of fiscal 2014 compared to 34.6% for the first nine months of fiscal 2013.

Items impacting our effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2014 included a tax benefit of $0.9 million in the second quarter for the release of a valuation allowance relating to certain U.S. state deferred tax assets and a net tax benefit of $0.2 million in the third quarter primarily from adjustments to deferred taxes as a result of Mexico tax law changes.  Absent discrete adjustments, the effective tax rate for continuing operations in the first nine months of fiscal 2014 would have been 35.0%.

Our consolidated balance sheet at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2014 reflected a $1.4 million net liability for uncertain income tax positions.  It is reasonably possible that $0.2 million of this liability will be settled within the next 12 months.  The remaining balance will be paid or released as tax audits are completed or settled, statutes of limitation expire or other new information becomes available.

In September 2013, the Internal Revenue Service enacted final tax regulations regarding the capitalization and expensing of amounts paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property.  The regulations also include guidance regarding the retirement of depreciable property.  The regulations are required to be effective in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, although taxpayers may choose to apply them in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012.  We are currently assessing the impact of the final regulations on our financial statements.