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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method. The provision for income taxes recorded in interim periods is based on our estimate of the annual effective tax rate applied to year-to-date income before provision for income taxes, adjusted for discrete items required to be recognized in the period in which they are incurred. In each quarter, we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated annual tax rate changes, we make a cumulative adjustment in that quarter. Our quarterly tax provision and our quarterly estimate of the annual effective tax rate can be subject to volatility due to several factors, including our ability to accurately forecast annual income before provision for income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate.

The benefit from income taxes of $2.7 million and $4.8 million for the three and six months ended December 2025, respectively, represented estimated federal, foreign, and state income taxes. The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended December 2025 diverged from the combined U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to non-deductible share-based compensation and non-deductible officer compensation, partially offset by the benefit of research credits, the benefit from U.S. inclusion of foreign income and foreign income taxed at lower rates.
The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended December 2024 diverged from the combined U.S. federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to two one-time events: 1) deferred tax benefit driven by a “check-the-box election” for our Israel subsidiary to be treated as a U.S. disregarded entity for federal income tax purpose, and 2) a tax benefit associated with our fiscal 2018 federal one-time deemed repatriation liability under the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, resulting from a recent U.S. Tax Court decision in Varian Medical Systems, Inc. v. Commissioner. The U.S. Tax Court held that a fiscal year taxpayer was entitled to claim a dividend received deduction, or DRD, on certain dividends deemed received during its gap period. The divergence also reflects foreign income taxed at lower rates. These benefits were partially offset by non-deductible share-based compensation and non-deductible officer compensation.
The total liability for gross unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions decreased $1.8 million during the six months ended December 2025, to $42.9 million, and was included in other long-term liabilities on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. If recognized, the total gross unrecognized tax benefits would reduce the effective tax rate on income from continuing operations. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as of December 2025 and June 2025 were $4.3 million and $4.2 million, respectively. We classify interest and penalties as components of income tax expense. Any prospective adjustments to our unrecognized tax benefits will be recorded as an increase or decrease to income tax expense and cause a corresponding change to our effective tax rate. Accordingly, our effective tax rate could fluctuate materially from period to period.
Our major tax jurisdictions are the United States, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Israel and the United Kingdom. From fiscal 2017 onward, we remain subject to examination by one or more of these jurisdictions.