Income Taxes |
3 Months Ended |
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Dec. 27, 2025 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes | INCOME TAXES Our effective tax rate was 29.7% and 23.5% for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and 2025, respectively. The effective tax rates for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and 2025 are higher than the federal statutory tax rate primarily due to state taxes and net unfavorable permanent book-to-tax differences, partially offset by various tax benefits. Additionally, the effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 was increased by estimated foreign withholding tax on the repatriation of earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and the effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was decreased by the release of a $9 million valuation allowance on losses related to a production facility fire in the Netherlands and our subsequent decision to sell the facility. The release of the valuation allowance was due to newly enacted tax legislation in the Netherlands. Unrecognized tax benefits were $165 million and $168 million at December 27, 2025 and September 27, 2025, respectively. In December 2021, we received an assessment from the Mexican tax authorities related to the 2015 sale of our direct and indirect equity interests in subsidiaries which collectively held our Mexico operation. At December 27, 2025, the assessment totaled approximately $519 million (9.3 billion Mexican pesos), which included tax, inflation adjustment, interest and penalties. Based on analysis of our assessment in accordance with guidance related to unrecognized tax benefits, we have not recorded a liability related to our assessment. Additionally, the purchaser in the transaction also received an assessment from the Mexican tax authorities related to the sale of the indirect equity interest, which was affirmed in January 2025 by a circuit court in Mexico, but remains subject to potential further judicial review under a petition filed by the purchaser. The transaction agreement contains certain mutual indemnification provisions, and both parties provided notice of indemnification claims to the other party. On November 14, 2025, we settled the indemnification provision and entered into an agreement in which the purchaser agreed to assume all tax liabilities in connection with our assessment, assume defense of such assessment and waive all potential indemnification claims against the Company. In fiscal 2025, we recorded a pretax liability of $40 million for the estimated probable loss related to this indemnification provision, which was paid to the purchaser during the first quarter of fiscal 2026 following the settlement |