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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 10Income Taxes

For the six months ended July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2016, our effective tax rate was 24.8% and 29.1%. The difference between our effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate in 2017 primarily relates to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09, “Stock Compensation” (Topic 718) (“ASU 2016-09”) in the first quarter of 2017, as well as state and foreign income taxes and interest expense for both periods. The 2016 effective tax rate was further affected by a federal tax audit settlement which reduced our income tax expense by approximately $4.5 million in the period.

Under ASU 2016-09, all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies resulting from the difference between the deduction for tax purposes and the stock-based compensation cost recognized for financial reporting purposes are included as a component of income tax expense as of January 1, 2017. Prior to the implementation of ASU 2016-09, excess tax benefits were recorded as a component of additional paid in capital and tax deficiencies were recognized either as an offset to accumulated excess tax benefits or in the income statement if there were no accumulated excess tax benefits. The adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 reduced income tax expense by approximately $19.3 million for the six months ended July 1, 2017.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of July 1, 2017 was approximately $101.0 million, of which $74.8 million would affect the effective tax rate if recognized.  It is expected that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next 12 months; however, we do not expect the change to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The total amounts of interest and penalties, which are classified as a component of Other liabilities within our consolidated balance sheets, were approximately $13.2 million and $0.0, respectively, as of July 1, 2017.

The tax years subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions include the years 2012 and forward by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), as well as the years 2008 and forward for certain states and certain foreign jurisdictions. We are currently under audit for the years 2012 and 2013.  During the quarter ended December 31, 2016, we reached a settlement on a portion of the IRS audit of tax years 2012 and 2013. Additionally, during the quarter ended December 31, 2016 we filed a Mutual Agreement Procedure request with the IRS for assistance from the U.S. Competent Authority for an open transfer pricing matter. We received a 30-Day Letter from the IRS during the quarter ended April 1, 2017 for the remaining open audit matters for the years 2012 and 2013. We filed a protest with the Appellate Division regarding these matters during the second quarter of 2017. We do not expect this to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.