Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2024

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

The Company determines its provision for income taxes for interim periods using an estimate of its annual effective tax rate (“AETR”) and records any changes affecting the estimated AETR in the interim period in which the change occurs, including discrete tax items.

During the nine months ended September 29, 2024, the Company recorded a total income tax provision of $21.0 million on pre-tax income of $86.2 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 24.4%, as compared to a total income tax provision of $11.7 million on pre-tax income of $36.7 million resulting in an effective tax rate of 32.0% during the nine months ended October 1, 2023. The decrease in the effective tax rate for the period ended September 29, 2024, as compared to the period ended October 1, 2023, was primarily due to the release of the valuation allowance on interest expense carryforwards, favorable changes related to the limitation on the deduction of business interest expense under Internal Revenue Code section 163(j), an increase in tax benefits related to share-based compensation, and prior period non-deductible charges related to the substantial liquidation of subsidiaries in Brazil and Russia that occurred during the nine months ended October 1, 2023. These favorable changes were partially offset by a decrease in U.S. tax benefits related to foreign tax credit utilization, foreign derived intangible income, and the repatriation of previously taxed foreign earnings realized during the nine months ended October 1, 2023.

On December 20, 2021, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) published Pillar Two Model Rules defining the global minimum tax, which calls for the taxation of large corporations at a minimum rate of 15%. The OECD has since issued administrative guidance providing transition and safe harbor rules around the implementation of the Pillar Two global minimum tax. Many non-U.S. tax jurisdictions have either recently enacted legislation to adopt certain components of the Pillar Two Model Rules beginning in 2024 (including the European Union Member States) with the adoption of additional components in later years or announced their plans to enact legislation in future years. For fiscal year 2024, we expect to meet the Transitional Country-by-Country (CbCR) Safe Harbor rules for most if not all jurisdictions and do not expect these provisions to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements. We will continue to closely monitor ongoing developments and evaluate any potential impact on future periods.

In the first nine months of 2024, the Company increased its liability for unrecognized tax benefits by $0.4 million. As of September 29, 2024, the Company had accrued approximately $5.3 million for unrecognized tax benefits. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Company’s deferred tax asset as of September 29, 2024, reflects a reduction of $2.8 million of these unrecognized tax benefits.

Unrecognized tax benefits are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted for changing facts and circumstances, including the progress of tax audits and the closing of statutes of limitations. While it is reasonably possible that some of the unrecognized tax benefits will be recognized within the next 12 months, the Company does not expect the recognition of such amounts will have a material impact on the Company’s financial results.