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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Income Taxes |
Schedule of components of income (loss) before (provision) benefit for income taxes | The components of income (loss) before (provision) benefit for income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |
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|  | 2013 (52 weeks) |  | 2012 (52 weeks) |  | 2011 (52 weeks) |
Income (loss) before (provision) benefit for income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. |  | $ | 13,659 |  | $ | (27,290 | ) | $ | 26,150 |
Foreign |  |  | 4,259 |  |  | (30,733 | ) |  | 1,933 |
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Total |  | $ | 17,918 |  | $ | (58,023 | ) | $ | 28,083 |
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Schedule of components of income tax provision (benefit) | The components of income tax provision (benefit) have been recorded in CRA's financial statements as follows (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |  | Transition Period |
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|  | 2013 (52 weeks) |  | 2012 (52 weeks) |  | 2011 (52 weeks) |
Income tax provision (benefit) |  | $ | 6,683 |  | $ | (5,180 | ) | $ | 11,138 |
Tax deficit on stock option exercises and restricted share vesting charged directly to common stock |  |  | 254 |  |  | 576 |  |  | 639 |
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|  | $ | 6,937 |  | $ | (4,604 | ) | $ | 11,777 |
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Schedule of components of provision (benefit) for income taxes | The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |
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|  | 2013 (52 weeks) |  | 2012 (52 weeks) |  | 2011 (52 weeks) |
Currently payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 1,241 |  | $ | 3,637 |  | $ | 15,964 |
Foreign |  |  | 1,264 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 309 |
State |  |  | 254 |  |  | 1,015 |  |  | 3,604 |
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|  |  | 2,759 |  |  | 4,702 |  |  | 19,877 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 3,592 |  |  | (8,163 | ) |  | (6,829 | )
Foreign |  |  | (238 | ) |  | 21 |  |  | (286 | )
State |  |  | 570 |  |  | (1,740 | ) |  | (1,624 | )
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|  | $ | 3,924 |  | $ | (9,882 | ) | $ | (8,739 | )
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|  | $ | 6,683 |  | $ | (5,180 | ) | $ | 11,138 |
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Schedule of reconciliation of tax rates with the federal statutory rate |
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Federal statutory rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  | (35.0 | )% |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  | 7.0 |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | — |  |  | 20.6 |  |  | — |
Foreign losses benefited |  |  | (2.8 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (3.0 | )
Losses not benefited |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | — |
Foreign rate differential |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | 2.1 |  |  | 0.9 |
Foreign tax credit |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.5 | ) |  | (1.4 | )
Uncertain tax positions |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Impact of NeuCo's tax provision charges |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 1.2 |
Permanently disallowed expenses |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.5 |
Other |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.5 | )
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|  |  | 37.3 | % |  | (8.9 | )% |  | 39.7 | %
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Schedule of components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) | The components of CRA's deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012 |
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Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued compensation and related expense |  | $ | 21,064 |  | $ | 16,743 |
Tax basis in excess of financial basis of net accounts receivable |  |  | 2,363 |  |  | 2,382 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 5,421 |  |  | 6,682 |
Tax basis in excess of financial basis of fixed assets |  |  | 1,489 |  |  | 978 |
Excess tax over book amortization |  |  | — |  |  | 5,926 |
Accrued expenses and other |  |  | 902 |  |  | 2,565 |
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Total gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 31,239 |  |  | 35,276 |
Less: valuation allowance |  |  | (6,101 | ) |  | (7,287 | )
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Total deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance |  |  | 25,138 |  |  | 27,989 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax basis in excess of financial basis of debentures |  |  | 5,024 |  |  | 6,371 |
Excess book over tax amortization |  |  | 2,938 |  |  | — |
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Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 7,962 |  |  | 6,371 |
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Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 17,176 |  | $ | 21,618 |
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Schedule of aggregate changes in the balances of gross unrecognized tax benefits | The aggregate changes in the balances of gross unrecognized tax benefits were as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012 |
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Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 3,032 |  | $ | 943 |
Additions for tax positions taken during prior years |  |  | 372 |  |  | 2,344 |
Settlements with tax authorities |  |  | (3,032 | ) |  | (255 | )
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Balance at end of the period |  | $ | 372 |  | $ | 3,032 |
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