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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company’s effective tax rates for the nine month periods ended October 1, 2016 and October 3, 2015 were (3.4)% and 3.7%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rates differed from the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% primarily due to the taxation of foreign earnings at lower rates and increases to valuation allowances in certain foreign jurisdictions that the Company was not able to benefit from due to uncertainty as to the realization of those losses, which accounted for approximately a 32% reduction in the rate in 2016. Additionally, the effective tax rate in 2016 was impacted by discrete items including the impact of the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets from the WLAN disposition.
The Company expects that its consolidated effective tax rate in future periods will continue to differ significantly from the U.S. federal income tax rate as a result of the foreign earnings rate differential and valuation allowances in jurisdictions with losses.