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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
The effective tax rate was 27.4% and 31.8% for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 32.5% and 33.2% for the nine months of fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. The effective tax rates for the third quarter and nine months of fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016 were impacted by such items as the domestic production deduction and state income taxes. In addition, changes in tax reserves resulting from the expiration of statutes of limitations and settlements with taxing authorities reduced the effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 and 2016 by 2.9% and 1.1%, respectively, and the nine months of fiscal 2016 by 1.4%. Lastly, the tax benefit recognized on the outside basis difference in an asset held for sale reduced the effective tax rate for the third quarter and the nine months of fiscal 2017 by 4.2% and 1.3%, respectively.
Unrecognized tax benefits were $311 million and $305 million at July 1, 2017, and October 1, 2016, respectively.
We estimate that during the next twelve months it is reasonably possible that unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by as much as $10 million primarily due to expiration of statutes of limitations in various jurisdictions.