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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Feb. 22, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate for the quarter and nine months ended February 22, 2015 was 12.7 percent and (60.5) percent, respectively, compared to an effective income tax rate of 2.8 percent and 4.2 percent for the quarter and nine months ended February 23, 2014, respectively. The change in the effective income tax rate for the quarter ended February 22, 2015 as compared to the quarter ended February 23, 2014 is primarily attributable to an increase in earnings before income taxes. The change in the effective income tax rate for the nine months ended February 22, 2015 as compared to the nine months ended February 23, 2014 is primarily attributable to an increase in the impact of FICA tax credits for employee reported tips on lower earnings before income taxes resulting from significant charges from debt breakage costs, asset impairments and workforce reduction costs. Excluding the impact of these costs, the related tax benefits and other discrete items, our effective income tax rate for the nine months ended February 22, 2015 would have been approximately 19.5 percent.
Included in our remaining balance of unrecognized tax benefits is $30.0 million related to tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts could change within the next twelve months based on the outcome of examinations or as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations for specific jurisdictions.