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Income Taxes (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2020
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate
A reconciliation of the United States federal statutory corporate tax rate to Teradyne’s effective tax rate was as follows:
 
    
For the Three Months

Ended
   
For the Six Months

Ended
 
    
June 28,
2020
   
June 30,
2019
   
June 28,
2020
   
June 30,
2019
 
US statutory federal tax rate
     21.0     21.0     21.0     21.0
Discrete benefit related to release of reserves for uncertain tax positions
     0.1       (0.3     0.1       (11.5
Foreign taxes
     (4.6     (5.8     (5.1     (4.7
International provisions of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
     (1.9     1.9       (1.1     0.8  
Tax credits
     (1.4     (2.1     (1.6     (2.5
Discrete benefit related to equity compensation
     (0.1     (0.5     (2.0     (2.0
Discrete expense related to U.S. transition tax
     —         11.2       —         6.5  
Other, net
     —         0.4       0.6       0.7  
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
     13.1     25.8     11.9     8.3