Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income TaxesFor the fiscal quarters ended September 26, 2020 and September 28, 2019, CRA’s effective income tax rate (“ETR”) was 28.2% and 14.2%, respectively. The difference in the ETR for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 from CRA's annual ETR for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019, was primarily due to remeasuring the U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities based on

expected fiscal 2020 state apportionment, as well as the release of tax reserves recorded in the prior year that were nonrecurring in the current year. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease in non-deductible meals and entertainment and a larger tax benefit related to the accounting for stock-based compensation.

For the fiscal year-to-date periods ended September 26, 2020 and September 28, 2019, CRA’s ETR was 27.5% and 22.9%, respectively. The difference in the ETR for fiscal year-to-date period ended September 26, 2020 from CRA's annual ETR for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019, was primarily due to remeasuring the U.S. deferred tax assets and liabilities based on expected fiscal 2020 state apportionment, as well as the release of tax reserves recorded in the prior year that were nonrecurring in the current year-to-date period.

As of September 26, 2020, CRA has not provided for deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes on undistributed earnings and other basis differences that may exist from its foreign subsidiaries, as such earnings are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. CRA does not rely on these unremitted earnings as a source of funds for its domestic business as it expects to have sufficient cash flow in the U.S. to fund its U.S. operational and strategic needs.