INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Mar. 25, 2020



	Thirteen Week Periods Ended				Thirty-Nine Week Periods Ended
	March 25, 2020		March 27, 2019		March 25, 2020		March 27, 2019
Effective income tax rate	(13.2	)%	10.3	%	(0.8	)%	11.7	%

The federal statutory tax rate for all periods presented was 21.0%.

Fiscal 2020

Our fiscal 2020 effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended March 25, 2020 were lower than the federal statutory rate primarily due to reduced profitability related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, and the FICA tax credit in fiscal 2020. The provision for income taxes includes a significant reduction in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 necessary to align the year-to-date provision for income taxes to the year-to-date income.

A reconciliation between the reported provision for income taxes and the amount computed by applying the statutory Federal income tax rate to Provision (benefit) for income taxes is as follows for the thirty-nine week period ended March 25, 2020:



	Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	March 25, 2020
Income tax expense at statutory rate	$	15.3
FICA tax credit	(22.1		)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit	5.2
Other	1.0
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	(0.6	)

Fiscal 2019

Our fiscal 2019 effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine week periods ended March 27, 2019 were lower than the federal statutory rate due to the favorable impact from the FICA tax credit, partially offset by the impact of the sale leaseback transactions.

The sale leaseback transactions gains, as described in Note 4 - Leases, were recognized for tax purposes when each transaction was completed during fiscal 2019, and as such, related taxes of $76.0 million were recognized during the thirty-nine week period ended March 27, 2019. We paid $75.0 million of these taxes in the thirty-nine week period ended March 27, 2019, with the remaining $1.0 million paid in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019.