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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes 2. Income Taxes

Deferred Income Tax Liabilities and Assets – Deferred income taxes are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax laws and rates. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets were as follows:

2023

2022

Deferred tax liabilities:

Property and equipment tax/book differences

$

78,008,000

$

82,457,000

Interest rate swaps

4,278,000

4,011,000

Property tax method

1,462,000

1,450,000

Total deferred tax liabilities

83,748,000

87,918,000

Deferred tax assets:

Insurance reserves

5,115,000

4,303,000

Advance payments on purchases contracts

731,000

487,000

Vacation accrual

1,724,000

1,977,000

Inventory

1,777,000

1,571,000

Deferred compensation

5,282,000

4,483,000

Other

1,932,000

1,519,000

Total deferred tax assets

16,561,000

14,340,000

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

67,187,000

$

73,578,000

Refundable current income taxes totaling $8.0 million and $4.2 million at September 30, 2023 and September 24, 2022, respectively are included in the line item “Other current assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Income Tax Expense - Income tax expense differs from the amounts computed by applying the statutory federal rates to income before income taxes. The reasons for the differences were as follows:

2023

2022

2021

Federal tax at statutory rate

$

58,396,000

$

75,783,000

$

68,818,000

State income tax, net of federal tax benefits

9,247,000

12,032,000

10,872,000

Federal tax credits

(1,449,000)

(1,500,000)

(1,700,000)

Other

1,499,000

2,196,000

(107,000)

Total

$

67,693,000

$

88,511,000

$

77,883,000

Current and deferred income tax expense (benefit) was as follows:

2023

2022

2021

Current:

Federal

$

61,562,000

$

76,647,000

$

66,526,000

State

12,789,000

16,173,000

14,129,000

Total current expense

74,351,000

92,820,000

80,655,000

Deferred:

Federal

(5,802,000)

(3,565,000)

(2,482,000)

State

(856,000)

(744,000)

(290,000)

Total deferred (benefit) expense

(6,658,000)

(4,309,000)

(2,772,000)

Total expense

$

67,693,000

$

88,511,000

$

77,883,000