Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Income Taxes	13. INCOME TAXES Uncertain Tax Positions As of March 28, 2015, the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $37.4 million, and the gross amount of liability for accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits was $33.4 million. It is reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized tax benefits with respect to certain of the company’s unrecognized tax positions will increase or decrease in the next twelve months, either because Sysco prevails on positions that were being challenged upon audit or because the company agrees to their disallowance. Items that may cause changes to unrecognized tax benefits primarily include the consideration of various filing requirements in numerous states and the allocation of income and expense between tax jurisdictions. At this time, an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change cannot be made. Effective Tax Rates Sysco’s effective tax rates are reflective of the jurisdictions where the company has operations. Indefinitely reinvested earnings taxed at foreign statutory rates less than our domestic tax rate have the impact of reducing the effective tax rate in all periods presented. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 was 33.56%. This tax rate was impacted by several items including the reduction of uncertain tax position accruals, lower earnings in the U.S. as compared to Sysco’s foreign operations, reduced state taxes from legal restructuring and a tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements. The company’s additional operating expenses related to merger and integration planning and interest expense associated with the six-part senior notes offering completed in October 2014 are decreasing earnings in the U.S., which are taxed at a higher tax rate than earnings from the company’s foreign operations. These lower U.S. earnings, combined with growth in international operations, serves to lower the effective tax. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 of 39.01% was negatively impacted by the recording of $6.2 million of tax expense related to a non-deductible penalty that the company has estimated within a contingency accrual. This negative impact was partially offset by the recognition of $1.0 million of tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements. The effective tax rate for the first 39 weeks of fiscal 2015 of 34.67% was impacted by several items, including the mix of earnings in the U.S. as compared to Sysco’s foreign operations, reduced state taxes from legal restructuring, a tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements and the reduction of uncertain tax position accruals. The effective tax rate for the first 39 weeks of fiscal 2014 of 36.99% was negatively impacted by the recording of $6.2 million of tax expense related to a non-deductible penalty that the company has estimated within a contingency accrual. This negative impact was partially offset by the recording of $4.7 million of tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements. Other The determination of the company’s provision for income taxes requires significant judgment, the use of estimates and the interpretation and application of complex tax laws. The company’s provision for income taxes reflects a combination of income earned and taxed in the various U.S. federal and state, as well as foreign, jurisdictions. Jurisdictional tax law changes, increases or decreases in permanent differences between book and tax items, accruals or adjustments of accruals for unrecognized tax benefits or valuation allowances, and the company’s change in the mix of earnings from these taxing jurisdictions all affect the overall effective tax rate.

13. INCOME TAXES

Uncertain Tax Positions

As of March 28, 2015, the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits was $37.4 million, and the gross amount of liability for accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits was $33.4 million. It is reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized tax benefits with respect to certain of the company’s unrecognized tax positions will increase or decrease in the next twelve months, either because Sysco prevails on positions that were being challenged upon audit or because the company agrees to their disallowance. Items that may cause changes to unrecognized tax benefits primarily include the consideration of various filing requirements in numerous states and the allocation of income and expense between tax jurisdictions. At this time, an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change cannot be made.

Effective Tax Rates

Sysco’s effective tax rates are reflective of the jurisdictions where the company has operations. Indefinitely reinvested earnings taxed at foreign statutory rates less than our domestic tax rate have the impact of reducing the effective tax rate in all periods presented.

The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 was 33.56%. This tax rate was impacted by several items including the reduction of uncertain tax position accruals, lower earnings in the U.S. as compared to Sysco’s foreign operations, reduced state taxes from legal restructuring and a tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements. The company’s additional operating expenses related to merger and integration planning and interest expense associated with the six-part senior notes offering completed in October 2014 are decreasing earnings in the U.S., which are taxed at a higher tax rate than earnings from the company’s foreign operations. These lower U.S. earnings, combined with growth in international operations, serves to lower the effective tax. The effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 of 39.01% was negatively impacted by the recording of $6.2 million of tax expense related to a non-deductible penalty that the company has estimated within a contingency accrual. This negative impact was partially offset by the recognition of $1.0 million of tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements.

The effective tax rate for the first 39 weeks of fiscal 2015 of 34.67% was impacted by several items, including the mix of earnings in the U.S. as compared to Sysco’s foreign operations, reduced state taxes from legal restructuring, a tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements and the reduction of uncertain tax position accruals. The effective tax rate for the first 39 weeks of fiscal 2014 of 36.99% was negatively impacted by the recording of $6.2 million of tax expense related to a non-deductible penalty that the company has estimated within a contingency accrual. This negative impact was partially offset by the recording of $4.7 million of tax benefit related to disqualifying dispositions of Sysco stock pursuant to share-based compensation arrangements.

Other

The determination of the company’s provision for income taxes requires significant judgment, the use of estimates and the interpretation and application of complex tax laws. The company’s provision for income taxes reflects a combination of income earned and taxed in the various U.S. federal and state, as well as foreign, jurisdictions. Jurisdictional tax law changes, increases or decreases in permanent differences between book and tax items, accruals or adjustments of accruals for unrecognized tax benefits or valuation allowances, and the company’s change in the mix of earnings from these taxing jurisdictions all affect the overall effective tax rate.