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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Nov. 29, 2012
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Income Taxes
Income Taxes
Income taxes for the first quarter of 2012 included a tax benefit of $14 million related to the favorable resolution of certain prior year tax matters, which was previously reserved as an uncertain tax position.  Remaining taxes for the first quarters of 2013 and 2012 primarily reflect taxes on our non-U.S. operations. We have a valuation allowance for our net deferred tax asset associated with our U.S. operations.  The provision (benefit) for taxes on U.S. operations in the first quarters of 2013 and 2012 was substantially offset by changes in the valuation allowance.

We currently operate in several tax jurisdictions where we have arrangements that allow us to compute our tax provision at rates below the local statutory rates that expire in whole or in part at various dates through 2026.  These arrangements benefitted our tax provision in the first quarter of 2013 by $11 million ($0.01 per diluted share) and were not significant in the first quarter of 2012.