Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Schedule of Provisions for Income Taxes

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

	Fiscal Years
	2015		2014		2013
Current:
Federal	$	74,289	$	68,722	$	53,089
State		9,550		7,031		4,643
Canadian		437		1,199		683
Total current	$	84,276	$	76,952	$	58,415
Deferred:
Federal	$	6,524	$	5,234	$	5,758
State		268		200		284
Total deferred	$	6,792	$	5,434	$	6,042
Income taxes	$	91,068	$	82,386	$	64,457

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. 26, 2015		Dec. 27, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	3,832	$	3,623
Share-based payments		2,894		2,939
Self-insured claims		4,132		5,353
Other		3,836		3,616
Total deferred tax assets	$	14,694	$	15,531
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	52,547	$	46,745
Goodwill		5,877		5,619
Other		2,087		2,192
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	60,511	$	54,556
Net deferred tax liability	$	45,817	$	39,025

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 Years
	2015			2014			2013
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	83,565		$	77,418		$	60,683
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		7,201			4,532			3,260
Meals and entertainment exclusion		946			777			919
Share-based payments		(61	)		(239	)		184
Other, net		(583	)		(102	)		(589	)
Income taxes	$	91,068		$	82,386		$	64,457

Schedule for Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years
	2015			2014
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — beginning of the year	$	2,620		$	2,261
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		482			373
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		340			310
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(195	)		(109	)
Settlements		—			(34	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(543	)		(181	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits — end of the year	$	2,704		$	2,620