Income Tax Disclosure

9 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure Text Block

13.The effective tax rate was 32.9% and 24.6% for the nine month periods ended December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014, respectively.  The 8.3 percentage point increase in the effective tax rate represents an increase in tax expense as a percentage of book income when compared to the same period last year.  The major contributor to this increase is with the federal credits for R & D, WOTC and fuel.  These credits are largely fixed and with the significant increase in pre-tax earnings for the nine months ended December 26, 2015, these credits are a smaller percentage of pre-tax earnings in comparison to the nine months ended December 27, 2014.  This accounts for 5.9 percent of the increase.