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Income Taxes | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | 7 Income Taxes The Company's effective tax rate was 13.6% and 13.0% for the three months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013, respectively. The Company's effective tax rate was 14.1% and 3.9% for the nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013, respectively. T he income tax provis ion for the nine months ended September 28, 2013 included a $31 million net tax benefit related to the complet ion of tax audit examinations. In addition, the research and development tax credit (“R&D Tax Credit) was retroactively extended in January 2013 for the 2012 and 2013 tax years. The entire $3 million benefit related to the 2012 tax year was recorded in the first quarter of 2013, and the 2013 bene fit wa s included in the 2013 annual effective tax rate. T his R&D Tax Credit expired at the end of 2013 and is not applicable for 2014. The net income tax benefits related to the completed tax audit examinations and the 2012 R&D Tax Credit decreased the Company's effective tax rate by 10.6 percentage points in the nine months ended September 28, 2013. The remaining differences between the quarter and year-to-date effective tax rates for 2014 and 2013 were primarily attributable to differences in the proportionate amounts of pre-tax income recognized in jurisdictions with different effective tax rates. The Company accounts for its uncertain tax return reporting positions in accordan ce with the accounting standards for income taxes, which require financial statement reporting of the expected future tax consequences of uncertain tax reporting positions on the presumption that all concerned tax authoriti es possess full knowledge of those reporting positions, as well as all of the pertinent facts and circumstances, but prohibit any discounting of u nrecognized tax benefits associated with those reporting positions for the time value of money. The following is a summary of the activity of the Company's unrecognized tax benefits for the nine months ended September 27, 2014 and September 28, 2013 (in thousands):
|  |  | September 27, 2014 |  | September 28, 2013
Balance at the beginning of the period |  | $ | 24,716 |  | $ | 64,390
| Changes resulting from completion of tax examinations |  |  | - |  |  | (35,279)
| Other changes in uncertain tax benefits |  |  | (3,268) |  |  | (2,662)
Balance at the end of the period |  | $ | 21,448 |  | $ | 26,449
With limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to tax audit examinations in significant jurisdictions for the years ended on or before December 31, 2009. However, carryforward attributes that were generated in years beginning on or before January 1, 2010 may still be adjusted upon examination by tax authorities if the attributes are utilized. The Company continuously monitors the lapsing of statutes of limitations on potential tax assessments for related changes in the measurement of unrecognized tax benefits, related net interest and penalties, and deferred tax assets and liabilities. During the nine months ended September 28, 2013, t he Company recorded a $3 1 million reduction in the measurement of its unrecognized tax benefits due to the completion of certain tax audit examinations, which reduced the provision for income taxes and increase d net income for the nine months ended September 28, 2013 by $31 million. As of September 27, 2014, the Company expects to record additional reductions in the measurement of its unrecognized tax benefits and related net interest and penalties of approximately $5 million within the next twelve months due to the lapsing of statutes of limitations on potential tax assessments. The Company does not expect to record any other material reductions in the measurement of its unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.

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