Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2016
Income Taxes
Income Taxes	8. Income Taxes For the three and six months ended October 29, 2016, the Company recorded a (benefit) for income taxes of $(48,000) and $(3,911,000), respectively, yielding an effective tax rate of 1.1% and 19.8%, respectively. For the three and six months ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a provision (benefit) for income taxes of $2,560,000 and $(1,688,000), respectively, yielding an effective tax rate of 36.7% and 39.7%, respectively. The variance from statutory rates for the three and six months ended October 29, 2016, was primarily due to federal legislation reinstating the federal research and development tax credit during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and the reversal of a $968,000 reserve, including the related interest, for uncertain tax positions due to the settlement of prior fiscal year audits recorded during the first quarter of fiscal 2017.

Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2016

8. Income Taxes

For the three and six months ended October 29, 2016, the Company recorded a (benefit) for income taxes of $(48,000) and $(3,911,000), respectively, yielding an effective tax rate of 1.1% and 19.8%, respectively. For the three and six months ended October 31, 2015, the Company recorded a provision (benefit) for income taxes of $2,560,000 and $(1,688,000), respectively, yielding an effective tax rate of 36.7% and 39.7%, respectively. The variance from statutory rates for the three and six months ended October 29, 2016, was primarily due to federal legislation reinstating the federal research and development tax credit during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 and the reversal of a $968,000 reserve, including the related interest, for uncertain tax positions due to the settlement of prior fiscal year audits recorded during the first quarter of fiscal 2017.