Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Schedule of Provisions for Income Taxes

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

	Fiscal Years
	2016		2015		2014
Current:
Federal	$	68,548	$	74,289	$	68,722
State		6,668		9,550		7,031
Canadian		563		437		1,199
Total current	$	75,779	$	84,276	$	76,952
Deferred:
Federal	$	6,104	$	6,524	$	5,234
State		224		268		200
Total deferred	$	6,328	$	6,792	$	5,434
Income taxes	$	82,107	$	91,068	$	82,386

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. 31, 2016		Dec. 26, 2015
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	4,518	$	3,832
Share-based payments		1,185		2,894
Self-insured claims		6,270		4,132
Other		4,336		3,836
Total deferred tax assets	$	16,309	$	14,694
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	59,720	$	52,547
Goodwill		5,883		5,877
Other		2,851		2,087
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	68,454	$	60,511
Net deferred tax liability	$	52,145	$	45,817

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 before income taxes and the provisions for income taxes (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years
	2016			2015			2014
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	76,810		$	83,565		$	77,418
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		4,505			7,201			4,532
Meals and entertainment exclusion		958			946			777
Share-based payments		(239	)		(61	)		(239	)
Other, net		73			(583	)		(102	)
Income taxes	$	82,107		$	91,068		$	82,386

Schedule for Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years
	2016			2015
Gross unrecognized tax benefits – beginning of the year	$	2,704		$	2,620
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		428			482
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		596			340
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(399	)		(195	)
Settlements		(133	)		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(561	)		(543	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits – end of the year	$	2,635		$	2,704