Note 15 - Income Taxes |
6 Months Ended | ||
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Jun. 29, 2019 | |||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] |
The Company recognized $0.2 million of income tax expense for the twenty-six week period ended June 29, 2019, as compared to an income tax expense of $0.5 million for the comparable prior year period. The Company recognized a tax benefit of $0.6 million during the Company’s first fiscal quarter of 2019 due to a verbal settlement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service regarding an uncertain tax position from a previous tax year. Otherwise, the consolidated effective income tax rate for the current period was 27.1% as compared to 25.2% for the comparable prior year period. Not including the discrete tax benefit of $0.6 million due to the verbal settlement, the projected fiscal 2019 income tax rates as of June 29, 2019 were approximately 28.6%, 26.5% and 15.0% in the United States, Canada and Serbia, respectively. The relative income or loss generated in each jurisdiction can materially impact the overall effective income tax rate of the Company, particularly the ratio of Canadian and Serbian pretax income versus U.S. pretax income. The consolidated effective income tax rate for the twenty-six week period ended June 29, 2019 was higher than the comparable prior year period was primarily due to the reduction in the rate of Serbian pretax income to consolidated pretax income. The comparable prior year period estimated income tax rates were 28.3%, 26.5% and 17.3% in the United States, Canada and Serbia, respectively, and yielded a consolidated effective income tax rate of approximately 25.2% for the twenty-six week period ended June 30, 2018. |