Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

NOTE 16. INCOME TAXES

During the three months ended July 1, 2012, we recorded an income tax expense of approximately $22,000. The income tax expense was primarily due to expenses related to foreign taxable income. During the three months ended July 3, 2011, we recorded an income tax benefit of $77,000. The income tax benefit was primarily due to the allocation of tax benefits between continuing operations and other comprehensive income as prescribed in ASC 740 when applying the exception to the intraperiod allocation rule.

During the three months ended July 1, 2012, the unrecognized tax benefits increased by $42,000 to $16.9 million. The increase was primarily a result of increased unrecognized tax benefit on R&D tax credits. If recognized, $14.3 million of these unrecognized tax benefits (net of federal benefit) would be recorded as a reduction of future income tax provision before consideration of changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

Estimated interest and penalties related to the income taxes are classified as a component of the provision for income taxes in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Accrued interest and penalties consisted of the following as of the dates indicated (in thousands):

	July 1, 2012		April 1, 2012
Accrued interest and penalties	$	280	$	295

Our only major tax jurisdictions are the United States federal and various U.S. states. The fiscal years 2003 through 2013 remain open and subject to examinations by the appropriate governmental agencies in the United States and in certain of our U.S. state jurisdictions.