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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Income Taxes |
(in thousands) |  | Three months ended |
|  | December 31, 2020 |  |  | December 28, 2019 |
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 77,407 |  |  | $ | 19,031 |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |  | $ | 53,892 |  |  | $ | (16,424 | )
Effective income tax rate |  |  | 70 | % |  |  | (86 | )%

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