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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2013
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

13. Income Taxes

        The Company's effective income tax rates were 59.9% and 71.3% for the second quarters of fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012, respectively. The effective tax rates for each of these periods was higher than the Company's combined federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to losses in foreign jurisdictions that provided no tax benefit. In addition, during the second quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company incurred a charge for a one-time tax adjustment of $0.3 million. The Company's effective income tax rates were 37.9% and 79.7% for the fiscal year to date periods ended June 29, 2013 and June 30, 2012, respectively. The effective tax rate for the fiscal year to date period ended June 29, 2013 was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to the favorable settlement of a tax matter in the first quarter of fiscal 2013, partially offset by a one-time tax adjustment recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 and the effect of losses in foreign jurisdictions that provided no tax benefit in the first half of fiscal 2013. The effective tax rate for the fiscal year to date period ended June 30, 2012 was higher than the Company's combined federal and state statutory tax rate primarily due to losses in foreign jurisdictions that provided no tax benefit.

        The Company has not provided for deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes on undistributed earnings from its foreign subsidiaries as of June 29, 2013 because such earnings are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. The Company does not rely on these unremitted earnings as a source of funds for its domestic business as it expects to have sufficient cash flow and availability from its U.S. credit lines to fund its U.S. operational and strategic needs. If the Company were to repatriate its foreign earnings that are indefinitely reinvested, it would accrue substantially no additional tax expense.