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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 28, 2024
INCOME TAXES [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Effective Income Tax Rates from U.S. Statutory Tax Rates | The table below sets forth the primary reasons that our effective income tax rates differed from the U.S. statutory tax rates in effect during the three-month periods ended January 28, 2024, and January 29, 2023.
Reporting Period |  | U.S. Statutory Tax Rates |  |  | Photronics Effective Tax Rates |  | Primary Reasons for Differences
Three months ended January 28, 2024 |  |  | 21.0% |  |  |  | 27.3% |  | Non-recognition of the tax benefit of losses that, in certain jurisdictions, have been offset by valuation allowances; non-U.S. pre-tax income being taxed at higher statutory rates in non-U.S. jurisdictions; and the establishment of uncertain tax positions in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Three months ended January 29, 2023 |  |  | 21.0% |  |  |  | 30.3% |  | Non-recognition of the tax benefit of losses that, in certain jurisdictions, have been offset by valuation allowances; non-U.S. pre-tax income being taxed at higher statutory rates in non-U.S. jurisdictions; and the establishment of uncertain tax positions in non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The table below presents information on our unrecognized tax benefits as of the balance sheet dates.
|  | January 28, 2024 |  |  | October 31, 2023 |
Unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions |  | $ | 9,744 |  |  | $ | 8,908 |
Unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate |  | $ | 9,744 |  |  | $ | 8,908 |
Accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions |  | $ | 688 |  |  | $ | 576 |

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