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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2015
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

 

11.Income Taxes

 

The Company’s effective income tax rates from continuing operations for the three month periods ended July 3, 2015 and June 30, 2014 were approximately 40.3% and 39.2%, respectively.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States prescribe a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the accounting and financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.  The evaluation of a tax position is a two-step process.  The first step requires the Company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position.  The second step requires the Company to recognize in the financial statements each tax position that meets the more likely than not criteria, measured at the amount of benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized.  The Company had $1,800 of unrecognized tax benefits at July 3, 2015, the total amount of which, if recognized, would affect the tax rate.  The Company includes the full amount of unrecognized tax benefits in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Additionally, the Company may from time to time be assessed interest and penalties by tax jurisdictions.  Any such assessments historically have been immaterial to the Company’s financial results and are classified as other general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.