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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
For the fiscal quarters ended July 3, 2021 and June 27, 2020, CRA’s effective income tax rate (“ETR”) was 25.8% and 24.6%, respectively. The ETR for the second quarter of fiscal 2021 was higher than the prior year primarily due to the prior year's tax impact of increased forecasted profit as compared to the fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2020, that was non-recurring in the current year. The rate was also higher this year as a result of the remeasurement of the U.K.'s long-term deferred tax liabilities stemming from the enactment of a U.K. statutory tax rate increase offset by an increase in the tax benefit related to the accounting for stock-based compensation.
For the fiscal year-to-date periods ended July 3, 2021 and June 27, 2020, CRA's ETR was 25.1% and 27.2%, respectively. The ETR for the current fiscal year-to-date period was lower than the prior year due in part to the higher year-to-date profit to dilute the tax impact of non-deductible items resulting primarily from limitations on the deductibility of compensation paid to executive officers. The rate was also lower due to an increase in the tax benefit related to the accounting for stock-based compensation partially offset by the impact of U.K. statutory tax rate increase.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, CRA considered the operating needs of the United Kingdom ("U.K.") subsidiary, as well as the tax implications of no longer asserting indefinite reinvestment with respect to the U.K. operations. As a result of both a qualitative and quantitative analysis, previously taxed and untaxed post fiscal 2018 U.K. earnings were no longer considered permanently reinvested. Deferred taxes that are a consequence of foreign exchange translation resulting from earnings that are no longer considered permanently reinvested are recorded as a component of foreign currency translation adjustments on the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. For the fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2021, CRA’s U.K. subsidiary distributed approximately £12.0 million of both previously taxed and untaxed earnings to CRA’s U.S. parent entity, the foreign currency translation impact of which was immaterial. Deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes, estimated to be $0.4 million, have not been recorded for other jurisdictions as those earnings are considered to be permanently reinvested.