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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and the Related Provision for Income Taxes

The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the related provision for income taxes are presented below:

	Fiscal Year
	2017				2016				2015
	(in thousands)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes:
U.S.	$	123,896			$	59,255			$	76,157
Non-U.S.	173,059				163,666				119,271
	$	296,955			$	222,921			$	195,428
Income tax provision:
Current:
Federal	$	93,871			$	18,592			$	23,687
Foreign	37,150				39,829				8,572
State	12,361				5,263				6,819
Total current	143,382				63,684				39,078
Deferred:
Federal	9,416				7,206				1,790
Foreign	14,953				(4,024		)		3,064
State	3,618				(31		)		(541		)
Total deferred	27,987				3,151				4,313
	$	171,369			$	66,835			$	43,391

Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	December 30, 2017				December 31, 2016
	(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation	$	40,788			$	70,863
Accruals and reserves	8,248				8,103
Inventory reserves and valuations	2,135				3,447
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards	33,160				58,081
Other	7,661				8,141
Valuation allowance	(10,591		)		(10,101		)
Total deferred tax assets	81,401				138,534
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill and other intangibles	(89,636		)		(121,256		)
Financing related	(429		)		(854		)
Depreciation related	(23,763		)		(32,271		)
Venture capital investments	(7,796		)		(5,084		)
Tax on unremitted earnings	(19,204		)		(821		)
Other	(7,459		)		(5,220		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(148,287		)		(165,506		)
Net deferred taxes	$	(66,886	)		$	(26,972	)

Reconciliations of the Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rates

Reconciliations of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to effective tax rates are as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2017			2016			2015
U.S. statutory income tax rate	35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Foreign tax rate differences	(6.8	)%		(10.3	)%		(8.6	)%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	2.0	%		1.6	%		1.9	%
Research tax credits and enhanced deductions	(2.4	)%		(3.5	)%		(2.6	)%
Stock-based compensation	(3.2	)%		—	%		—	%
Enacted tax rate changes	(4.2	)%		(0.8	)%		(1.5	)%
Transition Tax	24.8	%		—	%		—	%
Impact of tax uncertainties	(0.4	)%		0.2	%		(5.2	)%
Tax on unremitted earnings	7.3	%		2.0	%		3.4	%
Impact of acquisitions and restructuring	3.8	%		1.8	%		(2.0	)%
Other	1.8	%		4.0	%		1.8	%
Effective income tax rate	57.7	%		30.0	%		22.2	%

Reconciliation of the Company's Beginning and Ending Unrecognized Income Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the Company’s beginning and ending unrecognized income tax benefits is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2017				2016				2015
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	24,186			$	23,338			$	34,627
Additions to tax positions for current year	1,791				2,194				2,362
Additions to tax positions for prior years	1,428				2,035				3,028
Reductions to tax positions for prior years	—				(1,866		)		(3,991		)
Settlements	(1,754		)		(918		)		(1,946		)
Expiration of statute of limitations	(941		)		(597		)		(10,742		)
Ending balance	$	24,710			$	24,186			$	23,338

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Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions and the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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