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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Corporation's tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of its annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items. The Corporation's income tax provision for the three months ended April 1, 2017 was $2.2 million on pre-tax income of $7.0 million or an effective tax rate of 31.0 percent. For the three months ended April 2, 2016, the Corporation's income tax provision was $5.9 million on pre-tax income of $17.7 million or an effective tax rate of 33.2 percent. The effective tax rate was lower in the three months ended April 1, 2017 principally due to the enactment of ASU No. 2016-09 related to stock compensation on decreased quarterly income. See "Note 13. Recently Adopted Accounting Standards" in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The new guidance requires excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recorded in the income statement when awards vest or are settled. Our tax provision for the three months ended April 1, 2017 includes a tax benefit of $0.6 million related to the adoption of this standard.