Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

Schedule of Provisions for Income Taxes

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

	Fiscal Year
	2014		2013		2012
Current:
Federal	$	68,722	$	53,089	$	64,148
State		7,031		4,643		2,305
Canadian		1,199		683		1,013
Total current	$	76,952	$	58,415	$	67,466
Deferred:
Federal	$	5,234	$	5,758	$	3,462
State		200		284		135
Total deferred	$	5,434	$	6,042	$	3,597
Income taxes	$	82,386	$	64,457	$	71,063

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. 27, 2014		Dec. 28, 2013
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	3,623	$	3,354
Share-based payments		2,939		3,458
Self-insured claims		5,353		5,180
Other		3,616		3,863
Total deferred tax assets	$	15,531	$	15,855
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	46,745	$	41,933
Goodwill		5,619		5,553
Other		2,192		1,960
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	54,556	$	49,446
Net deferred tax liability	$	39,025	$	33,591

Schedule of Income Taxes Calculated on Income from Continuing Operations 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 from continuing operations before income taxes and the provisions for income taxes (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2014			2013			2012
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	77,418		$	60,683		$	69,170
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		4,532			3,260			1,486
Meals and entertainment exclusion		777			919			919
Share-based payments		(239	)		184			(122	)
Other, net		(102	)		(589	)		(390	)
Income taxes	$	82,386		$	64,457		$	71,063

Schedule for Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year
	2014			2013
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — beginning of the year	$	2,261		$	2,329
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		373			303
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		310			111
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(109	)		(104	)
Settlements		(34	)		(72	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(181	)		(306	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — end of the year	$	2,620		$	2,261