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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Income Taxes

The Company performs a quarterly review of the annual effective tax rate and makes changes if necessary based on new information or events. The estimated annual effective tax rate is forecasted quarterly using actual historical information and forward-looking estimates and applied to year-to-date ordinary income (loss). The estimated annual effective tax rate may fluctuate due to changes in forecasted annual operating income; changes in the forecasted mix of earnings by country; changes to the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets (such changes would be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur); changes to actual or forecasted permanent book to tax differences; impacts from future tax settlements with state, federal or foreign tax authorities (such changes would be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur); or impacts from tax law changes. To the extent such changes impact deferred tax assets/liabilities, these changes would generally be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur.
 
The income tax provision for the thirteen weeks ended March 27, 2016 was $4.6 million, which resulted in an effective income tax rate of 24 percent. The effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended March 27, 2016 was lower than the statutory rate due to the change in the mix of income before taxes for entities included in our effective tax rate calculation and the effect of the business restructuring to realign our operations, which was implemented in the fourth quarter of 2015.

The income tax benefit for the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2015, was $0.8 million, which was an effective income tax rate of 21 percent. The tax benefit for the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2015 was lower than the benefit calculated using the U.S. federal statutory rate due to the release of certain liabilities related to uncertain tax positions as a result of the expiration of statute of limitations and certain non-deductible expenses, state income taxes (net of federal tax benefit) and interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits.