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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income taxes

 

(8) Income Taxes

        Components of our income tax (benefit) and provision for the years ended December 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 25, 2012 are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

 

 

December 30,
2014

 

December 31,
2013

 

December 25,
2012

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

31,176

 

$

28,648

 

$

29,286

 

State

 

 

7,913

 

 

6,439

 

 

7,618

 

Foreign

 

 

381

 

 

 

 

—  

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total current

 

 

39,470

 

 

35,087

 

 

36,904

 

Deferred:

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

Federal

 

 

(379

)

 

(919

)

 

(1,511

)

State

 

 

(101

)

 

(28

)

 

(655

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total deferred

 

 

(480

)

 

(947

)

 

(2,166

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Income tax provision

 

$

38,990

 

$

34,140

 

$

34,738

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        Our pre-tax income is substantially derived from domestic restaurants.

        A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective tax rate for December 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 25, 2012 is as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

December 30,
2014

 

December 31,
2013

 

December 25,
2012

 

Tax at statutory federal rate

 

 

35.0

%

 

35.0

%

 

35.0

%

State and local tax, net of federal benefit

 

 

3.5

 

 

3.5

 

 

3.7

 

FICA tip tax credit

 

 

(6.9

)

 

(6.5

)

 

(6.2

)

Work opportunity tax credit

 

 

(1.0

)

 

(1.7

)

 

(0.9

)

Incentive stock options

 

 

(0.2

)

 

(0.7

)

 

(0.2

)

Nondeductible officer compensation

 

 

0.2

 

 

0.4

 

 

1.2

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(1.0

)

 

(1.1

)

 

 

Other

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

0.2

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total

 

 

30.0

%

 

28.9

%

 

32.8

%  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        In 2012, we deducted net income attributable to noncontrolling interests from income before taxes as shown in our consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income to determine the effective tax rate shown in the table above. The impact of including the net income attributable to noncontrolling interests would have reduced our effective tax rate to 32.0% for the year ended December 25, 2012.

        Components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

December 30,
2014

 

December 31,
2013

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance reserves

 

$

4,577

 

$

3,876

 

Other reserves

 

 

715

 

 

515

 

Deferred rent

 

 

9,838

 

 

8,563

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

5,336

 

 

5,246

 

Deferred revenue—gift cards

 

 

5,524

 

 

3,860

 

Deferred compensation

 

 

5,564

 

 

4,200

 

Other assets and liabilities

 

 

2,972

 

 

3,311

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total deferred tax asset

 

 

34,526

 

 

29,571

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment

 

 

(31,682

)

 

(27,585

)

Goodwill and intangibles

 

 

(4,163

)

 

(3,304

)

Other assets and liabilities

 

 

(1,912

)

 

(1,603

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Total deferred tax liability

 

 

(37,757

)

 

(32,492

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(3,231

)

$

(2,921

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

Current deferred tax asset

 

$

2,773

 

$

2,853

 

Noncurrent deferred tax liability

 

 

(6,004

)

 

(5,774

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(3,231

)

$

(2,921

)

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        We have not provided any valuation allowance as we believe the realization of our deferred tax assets is more likely than not.

        A reconciliation of the beginning and ending liability for unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Uncertain tax
positions
impacting
tax rate

 

Balance at December 25, 2012

 

$

182

 

Additions to tax positions related to prior years

 

 

102

 

Reductions due to exam settlements

 

 

(112

)

​  

​  

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

 

172

 

Additions to tax positions related to current year

 

 

 

Reductions due to statute expiration

 

 

(43

)

Reductions due to exam settlement

 

 

(15

)

​  

​  

Balance at December 30, 2014

 

$

114

 

​  

​  

​  

​  

​  

        We recognize both interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as part of income tax expense. As of December 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the total amount of accrued penalties and interest related to uncertain tax provisions was not material.

        All entities for which unrecognized tax benefits exist as of December 30, 2014 possess a December tax year-end. As a result, as of December 30, 2014, the tax years ended December 27, 2011, December 25, 2012 and December 31, 2013 remain subject to examination by all tax jurisdictions. As of December 30, 2014, no audits were in process by a tax jurisdiction that, if completed during the next twelve months, would be expected to result in a material change to our unrecognized tax benefits. Additionally, as of December 30, 2014, no event occurred that is likely to result in a significant increase or decrease in the unrecognized tax benefits through December 29, 2015.