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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Consolidated Income Tax Expense | The following table presents the components of our consolidated income tax expense for years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | October 2, 2015 |
Current income tax expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 29,297 |  |  | $ | 36,020 |  |  | $ | 72,840 |
State |  |  | 8,535 |  |  |  | 11,336 |  |  |  | 16,248 |
Foreign |  |  | 31,347 |  |  |  | 52,259 |  |  |  | 43,344 |
Total current tax expense |  |  | 69,179 |  |  |  | 99,615 |  |  |  | 132,432 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 29,390 |  |  |  | 6,439 |  |  |  | 13,337 |
State |  |  | 3,407 |  |  |  | 485 |  |  |  | 2,295 |
Foreign |  |  | 3,866 |  |  |  | (34,331 | ) |  |  | (46,809 | )
Total deferred tax expense (benefit) |  |  | 36,663 |  |  |  | (27,407 | ) |  |  | (31,177 | )
Consolidated income tax expense |  | $ | 105,842 |  |  | $ | 72,208 |  |  | $ | 101,255 |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets | The following table presents the components of our net deferred tax assets at September 29, 2017 and September 30, 2016 (in thousands):
|  | September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Obligations relating to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit pension plans |  | $ | 52,299 |  |  | $ | 77,834 |
Other employee benefit plans |  |  | 192,299 |  |  |  | 179,063 |
Net Operating Losses |  |  | 136,783 |  |  |  | 139,125 |
Self-insurance programs |  |  | 489 |  |  |  | 1,722 |
Contract revenues and costs |  |  | (18,374 | ) |  |  | (8,177 | )
Deferred Rent |  |  | 25,654 |  |  |  | 7,955 |
Restructuring |  |  | 18,258 |  |  |  | 47,792 |
Other |  |  | 19,389 |  |  |  | 9,933 |
Valuation Allowance |  |  | (58,097 | ) |  |  | (41,684 | )
Gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 368,700 |  |  |  | 413,563 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | (176,327 | ) |  |  | (154,939 | )
Other, net |  |  | (1,438 | ) |  |  | (1,555 | )
Gross deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (177,765 | ) |  |  | (156,494 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 190,935 |  |  | $ | 257,069 |
Income Tax Benefits Realized from the Exercise of Nonqualified Stock Options, and Disqualifying Dispositions of Stock Sold Under our Employee Stock Purchase Plans | The following table presents the income tax benefits realized from the exercise of nonqualified stock options and disqualifying dispositions of stock sold under our employee stock purchase plans for the years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (in millions):
For the Years Ended |
September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | October 2, 2015 |
$ | 5.20 |  |  | $ | 1.50 |  |  | $ | 0.20 |
Income Tax Expense in Consolidated Statements of Earnings | The following table reconciles total income tax expense using the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the consolidated income tax expense shown in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (dollars in thousands):
| For the Years Ended |
|  | September 29, 2017 |  | % |  | September 30, 2016 |  | % |  | October 2, 2015 |  | %
Statutory amount |  | $ | 137,626 |  | 35.0% |  | $ | 100,353 |  | 35.0% |  | $ | 150,548 |  | 35.0%
State taxes, net of the federal benefit |  |  | 8,955 |  | 2.3% |  |  | 7,853 |  | 2.7% |  |  | 12,857 |  | 3.0%
Exclusion of tax on non-controlling interests |  |  | 2,223 |  | 0.6% |  |  | (1,418 | ) | (0.5% | ) |  | (9,069 | ) | (2.1%)
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Difference in tax rates of foreign operations |  |  | (16,987 | ) | (4.3% | ) |  | (17,184 | ) | (6.0% | ) |  | (19,180 | ) | (4.5%)
Benefit from foreign valuation allowance release |  |  | (3,085 | ) | (0.8% | ) |  | (11,182 | ) | (3.9% | ) |  | (3,372 | ) | (0.8%)
Tax deductible foreign currency loss |  |  | — |  | 0.0% |  |  | — |  | 0.0% |  |  | (23,100 | ) | (5.4%)
U.K. tax rate change on deferred tax assets |  |  | — |  | 0.0% |  |  | 8,853 |  | 3.1% |  |  | — |  | 0.0%
Nontaxable income from foreign affiliate |  |  | (3,280 | ) | (0.8% | ) |  | — |  | 0.0% |  |  | — |  | 0.0%
U.S. tax cost of foreign operations |  |  | 18,612 |  | 4.7% |  |  | 30,850 |  | 10.9% |  |  | 6,814 |  | 1.6%
Tax differential on foreign earnings |  |  | (4,740 | ) | (1.2% | ) |  | 11,337 |  | 4.1% |  |  | (38,838 | ) | (9.0%)
Foreign tax credits |  |  | (20,454 | ) | (5.2% | ) |  | (44,018 | ) | (15.4% | ) |  | (21,313 | ) | (5.0%)
Uncertain tax positions |  |  | (5,779 | ) | (1.5% | ) |  | 1,449 |  | 0.5% |  |  | 2,281 |  | 0.5%
Other items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
IRS §179D deduction |  |  | (3,351 | ) | (0.8% | ) |  | (2,153 | ) | (0.8% | ) |  | — |  | 0.0%
IRS §199D deduction |  |  | (2,113 | ) | (0.5% | ) |  | (2,800 | ) | (1.0% | ) |  | (4,582 | ) | (1.1%)
Foreign partnership income/(loss) |  |  | (9,861 | ) | (2.5% | ) |  | (2,658 | ) | (0.9% | ) |  | 11,858 |  | 2.8%
Other items – net |  |  | 3,336 |  | 0.7% |  |  | 4,263 |  | 1.5% |  |  | (2,487 | ) | (0.6%)
Total other items |  |  | (11,989 | ) | (3.1% | ) |  | (3,348 | ) | (1.2% | ) |  | 4,789 |  | 1.1%
Taxes on income |  | $ | 105,842 |  | 26.9% |  | $ | 72,208 |  | 25.2% |  | $ | 101,255 |  | 23.5%
Income Tax Payments | The following table presents income tax payments made during the years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (in millions):
September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | October 2, 2015 |
$ | 78.39 |  |  | $ | 116.30 |  |  | $ | 156.50 |
Components of our Consolidated Earnings Before Taxes | The following table presents the components of our consolidated earnings before taxes for the years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | October 2, 2015 |
United States earnings |  | $ | 232,342 |  |  | $ | 206,159 |  |  | $ | 283,504 |
Foreign earnings |  |  | 160,875 |  |  |  | 80,564 |  |  |  | 146,633 |
|  | $ | 393,217 |  |  | $ | 286,723 |  |  | $ | 430,137 |
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward | The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended September 29, 2017, September 30, 2016 and October 2, 2015 (in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | September 29, 2017 |  |  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | October 2, 2015 |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 44,167 |  |  | $ | 42,666 |  |  | $ | 41,923 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 5,900 |  |  |  | 5,670 |  |  |  | 6,440 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | 237 |  |  |  | 367 |  |  |  | — |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (4,524 | ) |  |  | (2,451 | ) |  |  | (5,697 | )
Settlement |  |  | (7,200 | ) |  |  | (2,085 | ) |  |  | — |
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 38,580 |  |  | $ | 44,167 |  |  | $ | 42,666 |

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