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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jul. 04, 2014
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
In the second quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 21% as compared to 20% in the corresponding period in 2013, primarily due to the expiration of the federal R&D credit and the differences in the geographic mix of pretax income. In the first two quarters of fiscal 2014, the Company’s effective income tax rate was 22% as compared to 16% in the corresponding period in 2013 due to the tax effect of a gain on a partial equity sale of VSS, the expiration of the federal R&D credit and the differences in the geographic mix of pretax income.
The Company's effective tax rates for the second quarter of fiscal years 2014 and 2013 are lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to favorable tax rates associated with certain earnings from operations in lower-tax jurisdictions. The Company has not provided U.S. taxes for all of such earnings due to the indefinite reinvestment of some of those earnings outside the U.S.
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state, and foreign income tax. The Company is currently in different stages of multiple year examinations by the Internal Revenue Service as well as various state and foreign taxing authorities. Although timing of the resolution of audits is highly uncertain, the Company does not believe it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits as of the second quarter of fiscal 2014 will materially change in the next twelve months.
The unrecognized tax benefits of $42.1 million and $38.1 million as of the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and fiscal year end 2013, respectively, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods. Unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in Other non-current liabilities and in the deferred tax accounts in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company's practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company's unrecognized tax benefit liabilities include interest and penalties as of the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and fiscal year end 2013, of $4.5 million and $3.6 million, respectively, which were recorded in Other non-current liabilities in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.