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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income TaxesThe Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended December 25, 2021 was 5.6% and 6.8%, respectively. Such rates differ from the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) federal statutory rate of 19% primarily due to the favorable effect of a net operating loss carryback claim made in the United States as a result of COVID-19 related losses generated in the prior fiscal year and the impact of global financing activities partially offset by the increases in uncertain tax positions during the three and nine months ended December 25, 2021. The tax rate for the nine months ended December 25, 2021 also benefited from recently enacted tax legislation in Italy which allowed the Company to reduce its deferred tax liabilities by allowing a step up of certain intangible assets resulting in lower future cash taxes partially offset by the impact of tax rate changes in the United Kingdom on the Company’s net deferred tax liabilities. The global financing activities are related to the Company’s 2014 move of its principal executive office from Hong Kong to the U.K. and decision to become a U.K. tax resident. In connection with this decision, the Company funded its international growth strategy through intercompany debt financing arrangements. These debt financing arrangements reside between certain of our U.S., U.K. and Hungarian subsidiaries. Due to the difference in the statutory income tax rates between these jurisdictions, the Company realized lower effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended December 25, 2021.