Income Taxes

Tyco did not have a significant change to its unrecognized tax benefits during the quarter ended June 24, 2016.

Many of Tyco's uncertain tax positions relate to tax years that remain subject to audit by the taxing authorities in U.S. federal, state and local or foreign jurisdictions. Open tax years in significant jurisdictions included in continuing operations are as follows:



Jurisdiction	Years Open To Audit
Australia	2008-2015
Canada	2007-2015
Germany	2006-2015
Ireland	2011-2015
Switzerland	2006-2015
United Kingdom	2013-2015
United States	2008-2015

Based on the current status of its income tax audits, the Company believes the unrecognized tax benefits that may be resolved in the next twelve months are not expected to be material.

At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates whether it is more likely than not that Tyco's deferred tax assets will be realized and if sufficient future taxable income will be available by assessing current period and projected operating results and other pertinent data. As of June 24, 2016, Tyco recorded deferred tax assets of approximately $182 million, which is comprised of $2.3 billion gross deferred tax assets net of $2.1 billion valuation allowances.

Tax Sharing Agreement and Other Income Tax Matters

In connection with the 2012 and 2007 Separations, Tyco entered into the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements, respectively, that govern the respective rights, responsibilities, and obligations of (i) Tyco, Pentair plc and ADT Corporation after the 2012 Separation and (ii) Tyco, Covidien plc (subsequently acquired by Medtronic plc) and TE Connectivity Ltd. after the 2007 Separation, with respect to taxes. Specifically, this includes taxes in the ordinary course of business and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the respective distributions to qualify tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code ("the Code") or certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the spin-offs to qualify for tax-favored treatment under the Code.

Under the 2012 Tax Sharing Agreement, Tyco, Pentair and ADT share (i) certain pre-Distribution income tax liabilities that arise from adjustments made by tax authorities to ADT's, Tyco Flow Control's and Tyco's income tax returns, and (ii) payments required to be made by Tyco with respect to the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement, excluding approximately $175 million of pre-2012 Separation related tax liabilities (collectively, "Shared Tax Liabilities"). Tyco will be responsible for the first $500 million of Shared Tax Liabilities. Pentair and ADT will share 42% and 58%, respectively, of the next $225 million of Shared Tax Liabilities. Tyco, Pentair and ADT will share 52.5%, 20% and 27.5%, respectively, of Shared Tax Liabilities above $725 million. All costs and expenses associated with the management of these Shared Tax Liabilities will generally be shared 20%, 27.5% and 52.5% by Pentair, ADT and Tyco, respectively. In connection with the execution of the 2012 Tax Sharing Arrangement, Tyco established liabilities representing the fair market value of its obligations which is recorded in Other liabilities within the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet with an offset to Tyco shareholders' equity.

Under the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement, Tyco shares responsibility for certain of Tyco's, Covidien's and TE Connectivity's income tax liabilities, which result in cash payments, based on a sharing formula for periods prior to and including June 29, 2007. More specifically, Tyco, Covidien and TE Connectivity share 27%, 42% and 31%, respectively, of shared income tax liabilities that arise from adjustments made by tax authorities to Tyco's, Covidien's and TE Connectivity's U.S. and certain non-U.S. income tax returns. The costs and expenses associated with the management of these shared tax liabilities are generally shared equally among the parties. In connection with the execution of the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement, Tyco established a net receivable from Covidien and TE Connectivity representing the amount Tyco expected to receive for pre-2007 Separation uncertain tax positions, including amounts owed to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). Tyco also established liabilities representing the fair market value of its share of Covidien's and TE Connectivity's estimated obligations, primarily to the IRS, for their pre-2007 Separation taxes covered by the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement.

Tyco assesses the shared tax liabilities and related guaranteed liabilities related to both the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements at each reporting period. Tyco will provide payment to Pentair and ADT under the 2012 Tax Sharing Agreement and Covidien and TE Connectivity under the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement as the shared income tax liabilities are settled. Settlement is expected to occur as the tax audit and legal processes are completed for the impacted years and cash payments are made. Due to the nature of the unresolved adjustments described in the next paragraph, the maximum amount of future payments under the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements is not known. Such cash payments, when they occur, will reduce the guarantor liability as they represent an equivalent reduction of risk. Tyco also assesses the sufficiency of the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements guarantee liabilities on a quarterly basis and will increase the liability when it is probable that cash payments expected to be made exceed the recorded balance.

Tyco and its subsidiaries' income tax returns are examined periodically by various tax authorities. In connection with these examinations, tax authorities, including the IRS, have raised issues and proposed tax adjustments, in particular with respect to years preceding the 2007 Separation. The issues and proposed adjustments related to such years are generally subject to the sharing provisions of the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement and Tyco's liabilities under the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement are further subject to the sharing provisions in the 2012 Tax Sharing Agreement. Tyco has previously disclosed that on June 20, 2013, it had received Notices of Deficiency from the IRS asserting that several of Tyco's former U.S. subsidiaries owed additional taxes of $883.3 million plus penalties of $154 million based on audits of the 1997 through 2000 tax years of Tyco and its subsidiaries as they existed at that time. In addition, Tyco received Final Partnership Administrative Adjustments for certain U.S. partnerships owned by former U.S. subsidiaries with respect to which an additional tax deficiency of approximately $30 million had been asserted. These amounts excluded interest and did not reflect the roll-forward impact on subsequent audit periods.

As previously reported, the Company, as Audit Managing Party under each Tax Sharing Agreement dated September 25, 2007 (among the Company, TE Connectivity Ltd. and Covidien plc (which on January 26, 2015 was acquired by and now operates as a subsidiary of Medtronic plc) and dated September 28, 2012 (among the Company, The ADT Corporation and Pentair Ltd. (along with TE Connectivity and Covidien, the "Parties")), entered into Stipulations of Settled Issues with the IRS intended to resolve all Federal tax disputes related to the intercompany debt issues for the Company’s 1997 - 2000 audit cycle before the U.S. Tax Court. The Stipulations of Settled Issues were contingent upon the IRS Appeals Division applying the same settlement terms to all intercompany debt issues on appeal for subsequent audit cycles (2001 - 2007). On May 17, 2016 the IRS Office of Appeals issued fully-executed Forms 870-AD that effectively settled the matters on appeal on the same terms as those set forth in the Stipulations of Settled Issues, and on May 31, 2016, the U.S. Tax Court entered decisions consistent with the Stipulations of Settled Issues. As a result, all aspects of this controversy that were before the U.S. Tax Court and Appeals Division of the IRS have been finally resolved for audit cycles 1997 - 2007. The Company paid $120 million to TE Connectivity Ltd. and $2 million to Covidien during the second quarter of fiscal 2016 representing its share of the total amount payable to the IRS in connection with this matter.

Additionally, during the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company also paid $12 million to Covidien and $4 million to TE Connectivity with respect to other matters sharable pursuant to the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement.

As a result of the final settlement, the Company assessed its remaining obligations under its tax sharing agreements. Based on the assessment performed, the Company reversed a portion of its shared tax obligation liabilities related to the 2007 and 2012 Tax Sharing Agreements, and recognized a gain of $54 million in Other income (expense), net within the Consolidated Statements of Operations for both the quarter and nine months ended June 24, 2016. The Company believes the remaining liabilities that it has recorded are sufficient to cover its future obligations under the Tax Sharing Agreements.

In addition to dealing with tax liabilities for periods prior to the respective Separations, the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements contain sharing provisions to address the contingencies that the 2012 or 2007 Separations, or internal transactions related thereto, may be deemed taxable by U.S. or non U.S. taxing authorities. In the event the 2012 Separation is determined to be taxable and such determination was the result of actions taken after the 2012 Separations by Tyco, ADT or Pentair, the party responsible for such failure would be responsible for all taxes imposed on each company as a result thereof. If such determination is not the result of actions taken by Tyco, ADT or Pentair after the 2012 Separation, then Tyco, ADT and Pentair would be responsible for any taxes imposed on any of the companies as a result of such determination in the same manner and in the same proportions as described above. Similar provisions exist in the 2007 Tax Sharing Agreement. If either of the 2007 or 2012 Separation, or internal transactions taken in anticipation thereof, were deemed taxable, the associated liability could be significant. Tyco is responsible for all of its own taxes that are not shared pursuant to the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements' sharing formulas. In addition, Pentair and ADT, and Covidien and TE Connectivity are responsible for their tax liabilities that are not subject to the 2012 or 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements' sharing formula.

Each of the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements provides that, if any party to such agreement were to default in its obligation to another party to pay its share of the distribution taxes that arise as a result of no party's fault, each non-defaulting party to the agreement would be required to pay, equally with any other non-defaulting party to the agreement, the amounts in default. In addition, if another party to the 2012 or 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements that is responsible for all or a portion of an income tax liability were to default in its payment of such liability to a taxing authority, Tyco could be liable under applicable tax law for such liabilities and required to make additional tax payments. Accordingly, under certain circumstances, Tyco may be obligated to pay amounts in excess of its agreed-upon share of its tax liabilities under either of the 2012 or 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements.

The receivables and liabilities related to the 2012 and 2007 Tax Sharing Agreements as of June 24, 2016 and September 25, 2015, are as follows ($ in millions):



	2012 Tax Sharing Agreement						2007 Tax Sharing Agreement
	As of						As of
	June 24, 2016			September 25, 2015			June 24, 2016			September 25, 2015
Tax sharing agreement related receivables:
Other assets	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	19
	—			—			—			19
Tax sharing agreement related liabilities:
Accrued and other current liabilities	—			—			(30		)	(15		)
Other liabilities	(16		)	(46		)	—			(194		)
	(16		)	(46		)	(30		)	(209		)
Net liability	$	(16	)	$	(46	)	$	(30	)	$	(190	)

In addition to the amounts above, pursuant to the terms of the 2012 Separation and Distribution Agreement, Tyco, ADT and Pentair are each responsible for issuing their own shares upon employee exercise of a stock option award or vesting of a restricted unit award. However, the 2012 Tax Sharing Agreement provides that any allowable compensation tax deduction for such awards is to be claimed by the employee's current employer. The 2012 Tax Sharing Agreement requires the employer claiming a tax deduction for shares issued by the other companies to pay a percentage of the allowable tax deduction to the company issuing the equity. During the quarter ended June 24, 2016, Tyco made a $1 million net payment to ADT in connection with deductions claimed for ADT shares issued to Company employees. During the nine months ended June 24, 2016, Tyco made a $15 million net payment to Pentair and a $2 million net payment to ADT in connection with deductions claimed for Pentair and ADT shares issued to Company employees. Payments made to Pentair and ADT for the quarter and nine months ended June 26, 2015 were not material.

Other Income Tax Matters

Except for earnings that are currently distributed, no additional material provision has been made for U.S. or non-U.S. income taxes on the undistributed earnings of subsidiaries or for deferred tax liabilities for temporary differences related to investments in subsidiaries, since the earnings are expected to be permanently reinvested, the investments are essentially permanent in duration, or Tyco has concluded that no additional tax liability will arise as a result of the distribution of such earnings. A liability could arise if amounts are distributed by such subsidiaries or if such subsidiaries are ultimately disposed. It is not practicable to estimate the additional income taxes related to permanently reinvested earnings or the basis differences related to investments in subsidiaries.