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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company’s effective tax rate was 28.2% and 50.9% for the three months ended July 3, 2020, and June 28, 2019, respectively, and 22.9% and 28.5% for the nine months ended July 3, 2020, and June 28, 2019. The Company’s effective tax rate was lower for the three and nine months ended July 3, 2020, as compared to the year-ago periods, primarily because the prior period included a goodwill impairment charge and an in-process research and development expense, neither of which generated a tax benefit for the Company. This decrease was partially offset by an unfavorable shift in the geographic mix of earnings in fiscal year 2020.

The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because the Company’s foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are, on average, lower than the U.S. federal rate, and because the Company’s domestic earnings are subject to state income taxes. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not materially change during the nine months ended July 3, 2020; however, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits has increased as a result of positions taken during the current and prior years and has decreased as the result of the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions.