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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 24, 2019
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

(6) Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to our effective tax rate for the 13 and 39 weeks ended September 24, 2019 and September 25, 2018 is as follows:

13 Weeks Ended

   

39 Weeks Ended

   

September 24, 2019

   

September 25, 2018

   

September 24, 2019

   

September 25, 2018

Tax at statutory federal rate

21.0

%  

21.0

%  

21.0

%  

21.0

%

State and local tax, net of federal benefit

3.6

3.8

3.6

3.8

FICA tip tax credit

(9.2)

(8.3)

(9.7)

(9.1)

Work opportunity tax credit

(1.5)

(1.9)

(1.4)

(1.5)

Stock compensation

0.1

(1.4)

(0.2)

(1.4)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

(0.6)

(1.2)

(0.6)

(0.8)

Officers compensation

1.0

2.3

1.1

1.4

Other

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.0

Total

15.1

%  

15.1

%  

14.6

%  

14.4

%

Our effective tax rate was 15.1% for both of the 13 week periods ended September 24, 2019 and September 25, 2018. The Q3 2019 effective tax rate was unchanged compared to Q3 2018 due to lower non-deductible officers’ compensation offset by lower excess tax benefits related to our share-based compensation program. For the 39 weeks ended September 24, 2019 our effective tax rate increased to 14.6% compared to 14.4% for the 39 weeks ended September 25, 2018. This increase was primarily driven by lower excess tax benefits related to our share-based compensation program partially offset by higher FICA tip credits.