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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Sep. 24, 2016
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

9.  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/(benefit) 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 income tax rate was 39.5% and 38.3% for the thirteen weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively, and 34.4% and 21.8% for the twenty-six weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively. The effective tax rate for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended September 24, 2016 is higher than the comparable periods in fiscal 2016 due to discrete items that decreased taxes in the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended September 26, 2015. 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 September 24, 2016 and March 26, 2016, 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 September 24, 2016, the Company is not aware of tax examinations (current or potential) in any tax jurisdictions.