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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
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