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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Our net deferred tax liability consisted of the following:
| July 1, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Deferred tax asset | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 75 |
Deferred tax liability | (594 | ) |  | (244 | )
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (558 | ) |  | $ | (169 | )

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