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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company’s tax provision and the resulting effective tax rate for interim periods is determined based upon its estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for the effect of discrete items arising in that quarter. The impact of such inclusions could result in a higher or lower effective tax rate during a quarter, based upon the mix and timing of actual earnings or losses versus annual projections. In each quarter, the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated annual tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made in that quarter.

The Company recorded a provision for incomes taxes of $9.1 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended January 2, 2021 and December 28, 2019, respectively, related to foreign and U.S. federal and state income taxes. For the three months ended January 2. 2021 the Company's tax provision includes a discrete benefit of $10.2 million for U.S. share based compensation. For the three months ended December 28, 2019, the Company calculated its U.S. income tax provision using the discrete method as though the interim year to date period was an annual period. The application of the estimated annual effective tax rate ("AETR") method generally required by ASC 740 was impractical for the U.S. interim tax provision for the three months ended December 28, 2019 given that normal deviations in the projected pre-tax net income (loss) in the U.S. could have resulted in a disproportionate and unreliable effective tax rate under the AETR method.
For the three months ended January 2, 2021, the Company maintained a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets in the U.S. and the Netherlands due to its history of operating losses. It is possible that within the next 12 months there may be sufficient positive evidence to release a portion or all of the valuation allowance. Release of the valuation allowance in the U.S. and the Netherlands would result in a benefit to income tax expense for the period the release is recorded, which could have a material impact on net earnings. The timing and amount of the potential valuation allowance release are subject to significant management judgment, as well as prospective earnings in the U.S. and the Netherlands.