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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Aug. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure
INCOME TAXES
The effective tax rates for the three months ended August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013, were 33.0 percent and 34.7 percent, respectively. The company's United States federal statutory rate is 35 percent. The effective rate in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 was below the statutory percentage primarily due to the release of a valuation allowance against a foreign deferred tax asset related to financing costs.

The company had income tax accruals associated with uncertain tax benefits totaling $1.3 million as of both August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013.

The company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits through income tax expense in its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. Interest and penalties recognized in the company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income during the three month periods ended August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013 were negligible. As of both August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013, the company's recorded liability for potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits totaled $0.5 million.

The company is subject to periodic audits by domestic and foreign tax authorities. Currently, the company is undergoing routine periodic audits in both domestic and foreign tax jurisdictions. It is reasonably possible that the amounts of unrecognized tax benefits could change in the next 12 months as a result of the audits. Tax changes related to these audits, if any, are not expected to be material to the company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

For the majority of tax jurisdictions, the company is no longer subject to state, local or non-United States income tax examinations by tax authorities for fiscal years before 2011.