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The minimum operating margin threshold the company must attain for the entire year for any profit sharing to be paid out to eligible employees, as of the balance sheet date.

No definition available.

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Percentage of operating margin the company must attain for full calendar year for maximum amount of profit sharing per individual to be paid.

No definition available.

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Amount of profit sharing paid as a percentage of eligible payroll per individual in calendar year when minimum operating margin of 10% is attained by company.

No definition available.

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Amount of payroll tax expense, compensation, postemployment and benefit-related expenses not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy (such as health plan, profit sharing, incentives, tuition reimbursement, other fringe benefits and perquisites) incurred in the period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688