Note 7 Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Income Taxes

Various factors affect the provision for income taxes, including the geographic composition of pre-tax income (loss), expected annual pre-tax income (loss), implementation of tax planning strategies and possible outcomes of audits and other uncertain tax positions. Management carefully monitors these factors and adjusts the interim income tax rate accordingly.

The provision for income taxes was $8.0 million and $7.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and January 1, 2011, respectively. Although income before taxes was significantly lower in the first quarter of 2012 than it was in the first quarter of 2011, the provision for income taxes was slightly higher primarily as a result of a $1.9 million write-down of certain deferred tax assets associated with our Mexico operations to reflect changes in tax law that occurred during the quarter.