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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

8.Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). In accordance with ASC 740, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the liability method, which requires an adjustment to the deferred tax asset or liability to reflect income tax rates currently in effect. When income tax rates increase or decrease, a corresponding adjustment to income tax expense is recorded by applying the rate change to the cumulative temporary differences. ASC 740 prescribes the recognition threshold and measurement principles for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. ASC 740 requires the Company to determine whether it is “more likely than not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination by the appropriate taxing authorities before any part of the benefit can be recognized. Additionally, ASC 740 provides guidance on recognition measurement, derecognition, classification, related interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

 

The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for discrete events occurring in a particular period. The effective income tax rate was 36.0% and 38.4% for the thirteen weeks ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively, and 37.9% and 39.2% for the thirty-nine weeks ended December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively. The effective tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended December 27, 2014 are lower than their comparable periods in fiscal 2014 due to discrete items recognized in the first and third quarters of fiscal 2015 relating to return to provision adjustments. Because management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the full amount of the net deferred tax assets, the Company has not recorded any valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets.

 

The Company’s policy is to accrue interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. At December 27, 2014, the Company had no accrued liability for penalties and interest.

 

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. At December 27, 2014 the Company is not aware of tax examinations (current or potential) in any tax jurisdictions.