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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

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

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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