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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Consolidated Income Tax Expense | The following table presents the components of our consolidated income tax expense for continuing operations for years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended
| September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018 |  | September 29, 2017
Current income tax (benefit) expense from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 25,549 |  |  | $ | 49,829 |  |  | $ | 22,825 |
State | 6,639 |  |  | (1,546 | ) |  | 7,481 |
Foreign | 57,156 |  |  | 20,858 |  |  | 9,194 |
Total current tax expense from continuing operations | 89,344 |  |  | 69,141 |  |  | 39,500 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 6,607 |  |  | 230,358 |  |  | 22,854 |
State | 20,408 |  |  | 17,318 |  |  | 1,832 |
Foreign | (79,405 | ) |  | 8,815 |  |  | 8,917 |
Total deferred tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations | $ | (52,390 | ) |  | $ | 256,491 |  |  | $ | 33,603 |
Consolidated income tax expense from continuing operations | $ | 36,954 |  |  | $ | 325,632 |  |  | $ | 73,103 |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets | The following table presents the components of our net deferred tax assets at September 27, 2019 and September 28, 2018 (in thousands):
| September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |
Obligations relating to: |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit pension plans | $ | 56,854 |  |  | $ | 39,777 |
Other employee benefit plans | 149,276 |  |  | 135,713 |
Net operating losses | 241,033 |  |  | 149,256 |
Foreign tax credit | 84,553 |  |  | 145,931 |
Other credits | 13,881 |  |  | 13,972 |
Contract revenues and costs | 62,318 |  |  | 144,383 |
Deferred rent | 21,847 |  |  | 5,654 |
Restructuring | 8,205 |  |  | 5,289 |
Other | 3,821 |  |  | — |
Valuation allowance | (153,257 | ) |  | (256,948 | )
Gross deferred tax assets | 488,531 |  |  | 383,027 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization | (177,002 | ) |  | (159,312 | )
Self-insurance programs |  |  |  | — |
Unremitted earnings | (29,761 | ) |  | (48,578 | )
Other, net | (246 | ) |  | (8,345 | )
Gross deferred tax liabilities | (207,009 | ) |  | (216,235 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 281,522 |  |  | $ | 166,792 |
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 from continuing operations realized from the exercise of non-qualified stock options and disqualifying dispositions of stock sold under our employee stock purchase plans for the years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (in millions):
For the Years Ended
September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018 |  | September 29, 2017
$ | 7.9 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |
Income Tax Expense in Consolidated Statements of Earnings | The following table reconciles total income tax expense from continuing operations using the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the consolidated income tax expense for continuing operations shown in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (dollars in thousands):
| For the Years Ended
| September 27, 2019 |  | % |  | September 28, 2018 |  | % |  | September 29, 2017 |  | %
Statutory amount | $ | 73,701 |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 81,421 |  |  | 24.6 | % |  | $ | 85,104 |  |  | 35 | %
State taxes, net of the federal benefit | 10,183 |  |  | 2.9 | % |  | 15,772 |  |  | 4.8 | % |  | 6,983 |  |  | 2.9 | %
Exclusion of tax on non-controlling interests | (4,839) |  |  | (1.4 | )% |  | (2,389 | ) |  | (0.7 | )% |  | 2,223 |  |  | 0.9 | %
Foreign: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Difference in tax rates of foreign operations | 1,083 |  |  | 0.3 | % |  | 2,815 |  |  | 0.9 | % |  | (880 | ) |  | (0.4 | )%
Benefit from foreign valuation allowance release | (29,125) |  |  | (8.3 | )% |  | (5,088 | ) |  | (1.5 | )% |  | (3,085 | ) |  | (1.3 | )%
Nontaxable income from foreign affiliate | — |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | (1,320 | ) |  | (0.5 | )%
U.S. tax cost (benefit) of foreign operations | (17,760 | ) |  | (5.1 | )% |  | 4,030 |  |  | 1.2 | % |  | 10,147 |  |  | 4.2 | %
Tax differential on foreign earnings | (45,802 | ) |  | (13.1 | )% |  | 1,757 |  |  | 0.6 | % |  | 4,862 |  |  | 2.0 | %
Foreign tax credits | (15,682) |  |  | (4.5 | )% |  | (21,735 | ) |  | (6.6 | )% |  | (16,337 | ) |  | (6.7 | )%
Tax reform | 36,674 |  |  | 10.4 | % |  | 155,756 |  |  | 47.1 | % |  | — |  |  | — |
Valuation allowance | (207) |  |  | (0.1 | )% |  | 104,221 |  |  | 31.5 | % |  | — |  |  | — |
Uncertain tax positions | (6,883) |  |  | (2.0 | )% |  | (1,402 | ) |  | (0.4 | )% |  | (5,624 | ) |  | (2.3 | )%
Other items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
IRS §179D deduction | (2,957) |  |  | (0.8 | )% |  | (4,557 | ) |  | (1.4 | )% |  | (2,613 | ) |  | (1.1 | )%
IRS §199D deduction | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | (1,647 | ) |  | (0.7 | )%
Disallowed officer compensation | 5,568 |  |  | 1.6 | % |  | 1,510 |  |  | 0.5 | % |  | 1,255 |  |  | 0.5 | %
Stock compensation | (7,864) |  |  | (2.2 | )% |  | (2,158 | ) |  | (0.7 | )% |  | (1,783 | ) |  | (0.7 | )%
Foreign partnership income/(loss) | — |  |  | — | % |  | (3,678 | ) |  | (1.1 | )% |  | (725 | ) |  | (0.3 | )%
Other items – net | (4,938) |  |  | (1.4 | )% |  | 1,114 |  |  | 0.3 | % |  | 1,405 |  |  | 0.6 | %
Total other items | (10,191) |  |  | (2.8 | )% |  | (7,769 | ) |  | (2.4 | )% |  | (4,108 | ) |  | (1.7 | )%
Taxes on income from continuing operations | $ | 36,954 |  |  | 10.5 | % |  | $ | 325,632 |  |  | 98.4 | % |  | $ | 73,103 |  |  | 30.1 | %
Income Tax Payments | The following table presents income tax payments made during the years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (in millions):
September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018 |  | September 29, 2017
$ | 291.7 |  |  | $ | 44.3 |  |  | $ | 78.4 |
Components of our Consolidated Earnings Before Taxes | The following table presents the components of our consolidated earnings from continuing operations before taxes for the years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended
| September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018 |  | September 29, 2017
United States earnings | $ | 225,898 |  |  | $ | 263,991 |  |  | $ | 177,599 |
Foreign earnings | 125,061 |  |  | 66,990 |  |  | 65,555 |
| $ | 350,959 |  |  | $ | 330,981 |  |  | $ | 243,154 |
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward | The following table presents the reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for both continuing and discontinued operations, with ECR-sale related impacts removed in the current year Acquisitions/Divestitures row, for the years ended September 27, 2019, September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended
| September 27, 2019 |  | September 28, 2018 |  | September 29, 2017
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 179,140 |  |  | $ | 38,580 |  |  | $ | 44,167 |
Acquisitions/Divestitures | (31,004 | ) |  | 137,912 |  |  | — |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 7,455 |  |  | 9,780 |  |  | 5,900 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 1,994 |  |  | 5,561 |  |  | 237 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (49,849 | ) |  | (8,962 | ) |  | (4,524 | )
Settlement | (3,381 | ) |  | (3,731 | ) |  | (7,200 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 104,355 |  |  | $ | 179,140 |  |  | $ | 38,580 |

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