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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 24, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The Company had income tax expense of $23.4 million and $40.9 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2017, respectively. The Company had income tax expense of $0.1 million in the third quarter of 2016 and an income tax benefit of $9.0 million in the first nine months of 2016. The increase in income tax expense was primarily due to higher income from continuing operations in the third quarter and first nine months of 2017.
The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations were 39.1% and 38.5% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2017, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations were 30.0% and 39.4% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2016, respectively. The higher effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2017 was primarily due to higher income from continuing operations compared with the same period prior year.