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Income Taxes
 6 Months Ended
Dec. 03, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company's process for determining the provision for income taxes for the three and six months ended December 3, 2022 involved using an estimated annual effective tax rate which was based on expected annual income and statutory tax rates across the various jurisdictions in which it operates. The effective tax rates were 19.8% and 77.6%, respectively, for the three month periods ended December 3, 2022 and November 27, 2021. The year over year change in the effective tax rate for the three months ended December 3, 2022 resulted from the current year quarter reporting pre-tax book income with favorable foreign tax credit impacts in the United States. The same quarter of the prior year had no comparable impacts. For the three months ended December 3, 2022, the effective tax rate is lower than the United States federal statutory rate due to the favorable impact of increased foreign tax credits in the United States resulting from the recapture of prior year overall domestic loss. For the three months ended November 27, 2021, the effective tax rate is higher than the United States federal statutory rate due to the impact of applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to the year to date pre-tax loss.
The effective tax rates were 19.2% and 18.8%, respectively, for the six months ended December 3, 2022 and November 27, 2021. The year over year increase in the effective rate for the six months ended December 3, 2022 resulted from pre-tax book income reported for the six months with favorable foreign tax credit impacts in the United States and the same six months in the prior year resulted from an overall pre-tax book loss reported for the six months coupled with non-deductible discrete compensation and acquisition costs in connection with the Knoll acquisition. For the six months ended December 3, 2022, the effective tax rate is lower than the United States federal statutory rate due to the favorable impact of increased foreign tax credits in the United States resulting from the recapture of prior year overall domestic loss. For the six months ended November 27, 2021, the effective tax rate is lower than the United States federal statutory rate due to the impact of applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to the year to date pre-tax loss, which included an adjustment impacted by non-deductible Knoll acquisition related costs.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits through income tax expense in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Interest and penalties recognized in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income were negligible for the three and six months ended December 3, 2022 and November 27, 2021.
The Company's recorded liability for potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits was:
(In millions)December 3, 2022May 28, 2022
Liability for interest and penalties$0.9 $0.9 
Liability for uncertain tax positions, current$2.0 $2.3 
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 twelve months because of the audits. Tax payments 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 2019.