Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Schedule Of Provisions For Income Taxes

The provisions for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Current:
Federal	$	65,307	$	53,413	$	46,164
State		2,387		3,247		2,199
Canadian		1,013		1,023		878
Total current	$	68,707	$	57,683	$	49,241
Deferred:
Federal	$	4,117	$	9,056	$	801
State		144		449		(276	)
Total deferred		4,261		9,505		525
Income taxes	$	72,968	$	67,188	$	49,766

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

Temporary differences and carryforwards which gave rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Dec. 29, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	5,386	$	4,570
Share-based payments		4,182		5,843
Self-insured claims		5,541		5,940
Other		5,076		5,316
Total deferred tax assets	$	20,185	$	21,669
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	39,469	$	38,040
Goodwill		7,190		6,721
Other		2,417		1,538
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	49,076	$	46,299
Net deferred tax liability	$	28,891	$	24,630

Schedule of Income Taxes Calculated On Income Before Income Taxes and Provision For Income Taxes

The following table summarizes the differences between income taxes calculated at the federal income tax rate of 35% on income before income taxes and the provisions for income taxes (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011		2010
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	70,962		$	63,047	$	47,722
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		1,465			2,424		695
Meals and entertainment exclusion		950			972		691
Share-based payments		(122	)		708		550
Other, net		(287	)		37		108
Income taxes	$	72,968		$	67,188	$	49,766

Schedule For Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2012			2011
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — beginning of the year	$	7,364		$	9,209
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		373			553
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		929			755
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(5,212	)		(2,098	)
Settlements		(246	)		(274	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(879	)		(781	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — end of the year	$	2,329		$	7,364