Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2021

Schedule of Provisions for Income Taxes

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

	Fiscal Years
	2021			2020			2019
Current:
Federal	$	104,640		$	47,955		$	52,422
State		18,462			7,249			10,367
Foreign		856			557			504
Total current	$	123,958		$	55,761		$	63,293
Deferred:
Federal	$	(3,278	)	$	1,523		$	4,212
State		(512	)		(393	)		555
Total deferred	$	(3,790	)	$	1,130		$	4,767
Income taxes	$	120,168		$	56,891		$	68,060

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. 25, 2021		Dec. 26, 2020
Deferred tax assets:
Receivable valuations	$	4,112	$	4,286
Share-based payments		7,000		2,020
Self-insured claims		3,696		3,613
Other		10,354		6,056
Total deferred tax assets	$	25,162	$	15,975
Deferred tax liabilities:
Operating property	$	57,903	$	52,014
Goodwill		3,958		3,772
Other		2,409		3,087
Total deferred tax liabilities	$	64,270	$	58,873
Net deferred tax liability	$	39,108	$	42,898

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 rates of 21% on income before income taxes and the provisions for income taxes (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years
	2021			2020			2019
Income taxes at federal income tax rate	$	105,355		$	52,289		$	62,110
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		14,260			5,375			8,876
Non-deductible executive compensation		2,946			96			—
Meals and entertainment exclusion		—			326			644
Share-based payments		(1,070	)		(977	)		(3,093	)
Research and development credits		(2,069	)		(717	)		(714	)
Other, net		746			499			237
Income taxes	$	120,168		$	56,891		$	68,060

Schedule for Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the rollforward of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

	Fiscal Years
	2021			2020
Gross unrecognized tax benefits – beginning of the year	$	2,585		$	3,014
Gross increases related to current year tax positions		782			349
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions		315			232
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions		(17	)		—
Lapse of statute of limitations		(820	)		(1,010	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits – end of the year	$	2,845		$	2,585