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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes:

For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, we recorded an income tax provision of approximately $1.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively. The income tax provision for the three months ended March 29, 2014 represents tax at the federal, state and foreign statutory tax rates adjusted for non-deductible stock compensation, withholding taxes, changes in uncertain tax positions as well as other non-deductible items in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 35% and our effective tax rate is primarily due to income earned in lower tax rate jurisdictions, for which no U.S. income tax has been provided, as we intend to permanently reinvest these earnings outside of the United States.

We are subject to federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. We are no longer subject to federal, state and local, or foreign income tax examinations for years before 2010, 2009 and 2007, respectively. However, "NOL" and credit carryforwards from all years are subject to examination and adjustments for at least three years following the year in which the attributes are used.

Our 2011 and 2012 federal income tax returns are currently under examination. We are not under examination in any state jurisdictions. Additionally, our 2011 and 2012 French tax returns are under examination. We are not under examination in any other jurisdictions.

We believe that it is reasonably possible that $0.1 million of unrecognized tax benefits and less than $0.1 million of associated interest and penalties could be recognized during the next twelve months. The $0.1 million potential change would represent a decrease in unrecognized tax benefits, comprised of items related to filings for years that will no longer be subject to examination under expiring statutes of limitations.

We have federal net operating loss carryforwards that expire at various dates between 2023 and 2032. We have state net operating loss carryforwards that expire at various dates from 2014 through 2032. We also have federal and state credit carryforwards, some of which do not expire, with the remainder expiring at various dates from 2014 through 2033.

We are paying foreign income taxes, which are reflected in the Provision for income taxes in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and are primarily related to the cost of operating offshore subsidiaries. We are not currently paying federal income taxes and do not expect to pay such taxes until our tax net operating loss and credit carryforwards are fully utilized. We expect to pay a nominal amount of state income tax. We accrue interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the Provision for income taxes.