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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
May 01, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 7 – Income Taxes

The income tax rate was 17.3% in the second fiscal quarter of 2015 compared with 20.3% in the prior-year period.  In the second fiscal quarter of 2015 we recognized $0.3 million of discrete tax expense principally related to reconciling the prior year’s income tax return to the income tax provision.  In the second fiscal quarter of 2014, we recognized $0.6 million of discrete tax benefits principally related to the reduction of net deferred income tax liabilities as a result of the enactment of tax laws reducing the U.K. statutory income tax rate.  The income tax rate differed from the statutory rate in the second fiscal quarter of 2015 and 2014, as both years benefited from various tax credits and certain foreign interest expense deductions.

The income tax rates were 21.3% and 20.2% for the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.  In the first six months of fiscal 2015, the Company recognized $0.8 million of discrete tax expense principally related to the following items.  The first item was approximately $2.3 million of discrete tax expense principally related to reconciling the prior year’s income tax return to the income tax provision.  The second item was approximately $1.5 million of tax benefits due to the retroactive extension of the U.S. federal research and experimentation credits.  In the first six months of fiscal 2014, the Company recognized approximately $1.1 million of discrete tax benefits principally related to the following items.  The first item was approximately $0.6 million of tax benefits due to the release of reserves due to the expiration of a statute of limitations.  The second item was a $0.5 million reduction of net deferred income tax liabilities as a result of the enactment of tax laws reducing the U.K. statutory income tax rate.  The income tax rate differed from the statutory rate in the first six months of fiscal 2015 and 2014, as both years benefited from various tax credits and certain foreign interest expense deductions.

It is reasonably possible that within the next twelve months approximately $2.5 million of tax benefits that are currently unrecognized could be recognized as a result of settlement of examinations and/or the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations.