Income Taxes Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Oct. 04, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

The Company determines its provision for income taxes for interim periods using an estimate of its annual effective tax rate and records any changes affecting the estimated annual effective tax rate in the interim period in which the change occurs, including discrete tax items.

During the nine months ended October 4, 2020, the Company recorded a total income tax provision of $5.7 million on a pre-tax loss of $85.8 million resulting in an effective tax rate of (6.7)%. The effective tax rate for this period was primarily impacted by a non-deductible goodwill impairment. Excluding the impact of the goodwill impairment, the effective tax rate was 18.7% for the period compared to 22.0% during the nine months ended September 29, 2019. The decrease in the effective tax rate, excluding the goodwill impairment, was due to favorable impacts of amending prior year tax returns and the retroactive election of the GILTI High-tax Exclusion in the 2019 tax return, which were offset by the unfavorable changes related to unrecognized tax benefits and the non-deductible penalty to settle the SEC matter, referenced in the disclosure set forth in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of the December 29, 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In the first nine months of 2020, the Company increased its liability for unrecognized tax benefits by $0.1 million. As of October 4, 2020, the Company had accrued approximately $25.6 million for unrecognized tax benefits. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Company’s deferred tax asset as of October 4, 2020 reflects a reduction for $2.8 million of these unrecognized tax benefits.

In October 2020, the statute of limitations for the 2016 U.S. federal income tax return closed. As a result of this lapse in the statute of limitations, the Company will recognize $14.4 million of unrecognized tax benefits in the fourth quarter of 2020.

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and provides certain tax relief to businesses. Tax provisions of the CARES Act include, among other things, the deferral of certain payroll taxes, relief for retaining employees, and certain income tax provisions for corporations. During the nine months ended October 4, 2020, the Company deferred approximately $2.9 million in payroll taxes under the CARES Act. Other than the deferral of payroll taxes, the CARES Act did not have an impact on the Company’s tax accounts, including its effective tax rate, during the nine months ended October 4, 2020. The Company expects it will defer approximately $4.0 million in payroll taxes under the CARES Act during fiscal year 2020 which will result in a corresponding increase in its payroll tax accrual. The CARES Act and other similar foreign government support programs are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s tax accounts during the year.