The Company recorded an income tax provision (benefit) as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	July 2, 2021		July 3, 2020		July 2, 2021		July 3, 2020
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	2,148	$	556	$	3,395	$	(602	)

The Company recorded income taxes of $2,148,000 and $3,395,000 for the three and six months ended July 2, 2021, respectively, due to pre-tax income generated in certain foreign jurisdictions and a recapture of its U.S. valuation allowance of $845,000 as a result of increased tax deductions in the projection of taxable income used in its valuation assessment. The Company, from time to time may adjust the projections of taxable income as a result of current conditions. The Company recorded income taxes of $556,000 for the three months ended July 3, 2020, due to pre-tax income generated in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $602,000 for the six months ended July 3, 2020 due to a release of its U.S. valuation allowance of $1,369,000, as a result of the Company revising its global forecasts in response to the impacts of COVID‑19, and due to changes in the usage and release of certain deferred tax assets, offset by pre-tax income generated in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s quarterly provision for income taxes is determined by estimating an annual effective tax rate. This estimate may fluctuate throughout the year as new information becomes available affecting its underlying assumptions. There are no unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken by the Company. All earnings from the Company’s subsidiaries are not considered to be permanently reinvested.

The 2017 Tax Act subjects a U.S. shareholder to tax on Global Intangible Low Tax Income (“GILTI”) earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. In general, GILTI is the excess of a U.S. shareholder’s total net foreign income over a deemed return on tangible assets. The provision further allows a deduction of 50 percent of GILTI, however this deduction is limited by the Company’s U.S. taxable income. The Company has elected to account for GILTI as a current period expense when incurred.

Final regulations issued on July 20, 2020 allow companies to exclude certain high-taxed income from their GILTI calculation (the GILTI high-tax exclusion). The GILTI high-tax exclusion applies if the effective foreign tax rate is 90% or more of the rate that would apply if the income were subject to the maximum US rate of tax specified in section 11 (currently 18.9%, based on a maximum rate of 21%). The final regulations also provide that the GILTI high-tax exclusion is an annual election made each year and is retroactive to years beginning after December 31, 2017. The Company has made the election to exclude certain high-taxed income from its GILTI calculation for the three and six months ended July 2, 2021 and July 3, 2020, respectively.

The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon future generation of income during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible. Management considers the projected future income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Since January 1, 2021, the Company had three years of accumulated profits for federal and various state income tax purposes as a result of GILTI. However, the three-year income position is not solely determinative and, accordingly, management considers all other available positive and negative evidence in its analysis. This includes existing profits in foreign jurisdiction as well as projected future profits. The “incremental cash tax savings approach” is further described in Notes 1 and 10 of the Company’s fiscal 2020 Form 10-K. Under the incremental cash tax savings approach, the Company’s cumulative valuation allowance recorded was $37,315,000 and $7,879,000 for federal and state, respectively, at July 2, 2021, and $34,681,000 and $7,399,000 for federal and state, respectively, at January 1, 2021. Under the incremental cash tax savings approach, the valuation allowance recorded reflects the net operating losses and deferred tax assets which will not result in future cash tax savings and therefore provide no additional benefit. Total U.S. net deferred tax assets were $3,025,000 and $3,870,000 as of July 2, 2021 and January 1, 2021, respectively.