Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2014
Income Taxes	11. INCOME TAXES The Company’s effective tax rate was 25.5% for the three months ended June 27, 2014, compared to 27.6% for the same period of fiscal year 2013. The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the three months ended June 27, 2014 compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a larger net benefit for discrete items in the current period, which is primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions. The Company’s effective tax rate was 28.1% for the nine months ended June 27, 2014, compared to 28.7% for the same period of fiscal year 2013. The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the nine months ended June 27, 2014 compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a favorable shift in the mix of geographic earnings. 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 June 27, 2014; 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 and audit settlements in various jurisdictions.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2014

11. INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 25.5% for the three months ended June 27, 2014, compared to 27.6% for the same period of fiscal year 2013. The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the three months ended June 27, 2014 compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a larger net benefit for discrete items in the current period, which is primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions due to the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions. The Company’s effective tax rate was 28.1% for the nine months ended June 27, 2014, compared to 28.7% for the same period of fiscal year 2013. The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the nine months ended June 27, 2014 compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a favorable shift in the mix of geographic earnings.

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 June 27, 2014; 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 and audit settlements in various jurisdictions.