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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2024
Income Taxes  
Schedule of provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):

Fiscal Year

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

Income before income taxes

$

100,014

$

32,892

$

71,620

Income tax provision/(benefit):

Current:

Federal

$

7,183

$

3,520

$

15,746

State

 

7,195

 

4,895

 

4,350

Total current

 

14,378

 

8,415

 

20,096

Deferred:

Federal

 

(15,329)

 

(17,733)

 

(20,434)

State

 

(386)

 

(913)

 

(415)

Total deferred

 

(15,715)

 

(18,646)

 

(20,849)

Total benefit

$

(1,337)

$

(10,231)

$

(753)

Schedule of reconciles the U.S. federal statutory rate to the effective tax rate

    

Fiscal Year

 

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

 

U.S. federal statutory rate

 

21.0

%  

21.0

%  

21.0

%

State and district income taxes, net of federal benefit

 

5.4

8.9

4.2

Credit for FICA taxes paid on tips

 

(24.9)

(66.4)

(24.2)

Other credits and incentives

 

(2.2)

(10.7)

(4.2)

Impact of net operating loss carryback

 

0.0

0.0

(6.3)

Deferred compensation

 

(2.4)

9.7

(2.9)

Equity compensation

1.5

5.5

0.0

Uncertain tax positions

(0.7)

(2.3)

10.3

Non-deductible executive compensation

0.8

2.8

0.3

Other

 

0.2

0.4

0.7

Effective tax rate

 

(1.3)

%

(31.1)

%

(1.1)

%

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

Following are the temporary differences that created our deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands):

    

January 2, 2024

    

January 3, 2023

Deferred tax assets:

Staff member benefits

$

35,932

$

31,325

Insurance reserves

 

14,931

 

14,374

Operating lease liability

324,587

323,094

Deferred income

 

38,074

 

35,928

Tax credit carryforwards

 

74,004

 

57,710

Goodwill

 

22,743

 

21,331

Stock-based compensation

10,789

10,769

State and foreign net operating loss carryforwards

1,640

2,435

Other

674

604

Subtotal

 

523,374

 

497,570

Less: Valuation allowance

 

(1,444)

 

(1,223)

Total

$

521,930

$

496,347

Deferred tax liabilities:

Property and equipment

$

(121,219)

$

(113,565)

Prepaid expenses

 

(8,933)

 

(8,151)

Inventory

 

(8,882)

 

(8,399)

Accrued rent

(5,889)

(5,285)

Operating lease asset

(284,244)

(283,921)

Other

(819)

(781)

Total

$

(429,986)

$

(420,102)

Net deferred tax asset

$

91,944

$

76,245

Schedule of reconciliation of our uncertain tax positions A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of our uncertain tax positions is as follows (in thousands):

    

Fiscal Year

    

2023

    

2022

    

2021

Balance at beginning of year

$

3,787

$

4,799

$

655

Additions related to prior year tax positions

181

227

4,157

Additions related to current period tax positions

 

(121)

 

(54)

 

(13)

Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities

 

 

(1,185)

 

Balance at end of year

$

3,847

$

3,787

$

4,799