Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Dec. 23, 2023

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 4 – Income Taxes

For the three months and nine months ended December 23, 2023, our effective income tax rate was 25.8 percent and 26.7 percent, respectively, compared to 27.6 percent and 31.7 percent for the three months and nine months ended December 24, 2022, respectively. The difference from the statutory rate is due to state taxes and the discrete tax impact related to share-based awards. Our effective income tax rate for the three months and nine months ended December 23, 2023 was higher by 0.3 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively, and was higher by 0.9 percent and 0.7 percent for the three months and nine months ended December 24, 2022, respectively, due to the discrete tax impact related to share-based awards. Our effective income tax rate for the nine months ended December 24, 2022 was higher by 4.7 percent because of discrete tax impacts from the divestiture of assets relating to our wholesale tire operations and internal tire distribution operations as well as the revaluation of deferred tax balances due to changes in the mix of pre-tax income in various U.S. state jurisdictions because of the divestiture.