Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2021


The Company’s effective tax rates from continuing operations for the three months ended January 1, 2021 and December 27, 2019 were 24.6% and 27.0%, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate from continuing operations for the three months ended January 1, 2021 was lower than the corresponding rate in the prior period primarily due to one-time income tax charges associated with partnership interest basis differences generated during the quarter ending December 27, 2019. For the three months ended January 1, 2021, the effective tax rate was impacted by a $1.4 million benefit from an Internal Revenue Code section 179D energy credit, a $2.2 million excess tax benefit attributable to stock compensation, and a $5.0 million benefit related to a change in the Company’s assertion about indefinite reinvestment of certain foreign unremitted earnings in Canada. The Company is continuing to accrue taxes related to all other foreign earnings.

See Note 16- Sale of Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") Business for further information on the Company's discontinued operations reporting for the sale of the ECR business.

The amount of income taxes the Company pays is subject to ongoing audits by tax jurisdictions around the world. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by tax authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Our estimate of the potential outcome of any uncertain tax issue is subject to our assessment of the relevant risks, facts, and circumstances existing at the time. The Company believes that it has adequately provided for reasonably foreseeable outcomes related to these matters. However, future results may include favorable or unfavorable adjustments to our estimated tax liabilities in the period the assessments are made or resolved, which may impact our effective tax rate.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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