INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

NOTE F: INCOME TAXES

Our effective tax rate (“ETR”) was 6.0% and 4.9% for the quarter and three quarters ended September 27, 2024, respectively, and 4.5% and 6.4% for the quarter and three quarters ended September 29, 2023, respectively. The ETR for all periods benefited from research and development (“R&D”) credits and tax deductions for foreign derived intangible income (“FDII”), with additional benefits from favorable adjustments recognized upon finalization of our 2023 tax returns in the quarter and three quarters ended September 27, 2024 and favorable resolution of specific audit uncertainties in the three quarters ended September 27, 2024 and the quarter and three quarters ended September 29, 2023.

During the quarter ended September 27, 2024, we completed our 2023 Federal tax return and recorded the associated return-to-provision adjustments. On the 2023 Federal tax return, we requested an automatic tax accounting method change, pursuant to the interim guidance in Section 8 of IRS Notice 2023-63, adjusting our percentage of completion method for tax purposes to include the amortization of research and experimental expenditures, rather than the capitalized amount of such expenditures. This automatic tax accounting method change resulted in an increase to income taxes receivable and an offsetting increase in our deferred income taxes.