Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Apr. 03, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), enacted on March 27, 2020, provides tax relief to individuals and businesses in light of the impacts of COVID-19.  It did not result in any adjustments to our income tax provision or to our net deferred tax assets as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2020.  

For the first quarter of fiscal 2020, our effective income tax rate was 22%, as compared to 17% in the corresponding period in fiscal 2019; the increase was primarily due to geographic income mix and a lower tax benefit from stock-based compensation deductions.

We and our subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal and state and foreign income tax. Currently, we are in different stages of multiple year examinations by various state and foreign taxing authorities. We believe our reserves are more likely than not to be adequate to cover final resolution of all open tax matters.

Although timing of the resolution and/or closure of audits in other jurisdictions is not certain, we do not believe that our gross unrecognized tax benefits would materially change in the next twelve months.

Unrecognized tax benefits of $60.4 million and $59.5 million as of the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2020 and fiscal year end 2019, 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 on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.  As of the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2020 and fiscal year end 2019, we accrued $12.3 million and $11.5 million, respectively, for interest and penalties, which are recorded in other non-current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.