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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Taxes  
Schedule of provision for income taxes

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

Fiscal Year

    

2024

    

2023

    

2022

Income before income taxes

$

171,047

$

100,014

$

32,892

Income tax provision/(benefit):

Current:

Federal

$

10,638

$

7,183

$

3,520

State

 

9,688

 

7,195

 

4,895

Total current

 

20,326

 

14,378

 

8,415

Deferred:

Federal

 

(7,542)

 

(15,329)

 

(17,733)

State

 

1,480

 

(386)

 

(913)

Total deferred

 

(6,062)

 

(15,715)

 

(18,646)

Total provision/(benefit)

$

14,264

$

(1,337)

$

(10,231)

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

    

Fiscal Year

 

    

2024

    

2023

    

2022

 

U.S. federal statutory rate

 

21.0

%  

21.0

%  

21.0

%

State and district income taxes, net of federal benefit

 

5.0

5.4

8.9

Credit for FICA taxes paid on tips

 

(16.3)

(24.9)

(66.4)

Other credits and incentives

 

(1.0)

(2.2)

(10.7)

Deferred compensation

 

(1.6)

(2.4)

9.7

Equity compensation

1.2

1.5

5.5

Uncertain tax positions

(0.9)

(0.7)

(2.3)

Non-deductible executive compensation

1.0

0.8

2.8

Other

 

(0.1)

0.2

0.4

Effective tax rate

 

8.3

%

(1.3)

%

(31.1)

%

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

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

    

December 31, 2024

    

January 2, 2024

Deferred tax assets:

Staff member benefits

$

40,500

$

35,932

Insurance reserves

 

15,244

 

14,931

Operating lease liability

335,034

324,587

Deferred income

 

39,248

 

38,074

Tax credit carryforwards

 

79,933

 

74,004

Goodwill

 

21,393

 

22,743

Stock-based compensation

10,788

10,789

State and foreign net operating loss carryforwards

1,331

1,640

Other

867

674

Subtotal

 

544,338

 

523,374

Less: Valuation allowance

 

(601)

 

(1,444)

Total

$

543,737

$

521,930

Deferred tax liabilities:

Property and equipment

$

(129,504)

$

(121,219)

Prepaid expenses

 

(8,435)

 

(8,933)

Inventory

 

(9,194)

 

(8,882)

Accrued rent

(5,867)

(5,889)

Operating lease asset

(291,991)

(284,244)

Other

(896)

(819)

Total

$

(445,887)

$

(429,986)

Net deferred tax asset

$

97,850

$

91,944

Schedule of reconciliation of our uncertain tax positions

    

Fiscal Year

    

2024

    

2023

    

2022

Balance at beginning of year

$

3,847

$

3,787

$

4,799

(Reductions)/additions related to prior year tax positions

(419)

181

227

Reductions related to current period tax positions

 

(32)

 

(121)

 

(54)

Reductions related to settlements with taxing authorities

 

 

 

(1,185)

Balance at end of year

$

3,396

$

3,847

$

3,787