Taxes on income from continuing operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Taxes on income from continuing operations

Taxes on income from continuing operations

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2015	September 28, 2014	September 27, 2015	September 28, 2014
Effective income tax rate	1.3%	14.9%	9.5%	16.8%

The effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2015 was 1.3% and 9.5%, respectively, and 14.9% and 16.8% for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2014, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2015 each reflected a tax benefit associated with U.S. federal tax return filings, a benefit associated with legislative tax rate changes and a benefit associated with a reduction in the estimated deferred tax with respect to non-permanently reinvested income due to an increase in the estimated foreign tax credits available to reduce the U.S tax on a future repatriation.