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&lt;p style="font-style:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left; text-indent:25px;"&gt;The Company's 2010 and 2009 effective tax rates differ from the statutory federal tax rate due principally to state income taxes partially offset by tax benefits related to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The effective income tax rates for the three months ended April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010 are 37.0% and 36.0%, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-style:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left; text-indent:25px;"&gt;Income tax payments in the three months ended April 2, 2011 and April 3, 2010 totaled $0.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-style:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left; text-indent:25px;"&gt;The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal and state income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2007.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-style:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left; text-indent:25px;"&gt;The Company does not believe it has included any "uncertain tax positions" in its federal income tax return or any of the state income tax returns it is currently filing. The Company has made an evaluation of the potential impact of additional state taxes being assessed by jurisdictions in which the Company does not currently consider itself liable. The Company does not anticipate that such additional taxes, if any, would result in a material change to its financial position. However, the Company anticipates that it is more likely than not that additional state tax liabilities in the range of $0.2 million to $0.4 million exist.  The Company has recorded $0.4 million relating to these additional state income taxes, including approximately $0.2 million for the payment of interest and penalties.  This amount is included in income taxes payable at April 2, 2011. The Company will include any future interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of its provision for taxes.&lt;/p&gt;</NonNumbericText><NonNumericTextHeader>NOTE 6 - INCOME TAXES
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