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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May. 02, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Pretax Income Domestic and Foreign

The pretax income attributable to domestic and foreign operations was as follows:

	Year Ended
	May 2, 2015				April 26, 2014				April 27, 2013
Domestic	$	29,194			$	35,699			$	27,667
Foreign	2,489				1,542				3,262
Income before income taxes	$	31,683			$	37,241			$	30,929

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense consisted of the following:

	Year Ended
	May 2, 2015				April 26, 2014				April 27, 2013
Current:
Federal	$	6,657			$	11,342			$	9,517
State	1,150				1,454				2,219
Foreign	848				696				754
Deferred:
Federal	1,906				1,241				(3,114		)
State	307				667				(1,090		)
Foreign	(67		)		(365		)		(136		)
	$	10,801			$	15,035			$	8,150

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes and the amount computed by applying the federal statutory rate to income before income taxes is as follows:

		Year Ended
		May 2, 2015				April 26, 2014				April 27, 2013
Computed income tax expense (benefit) at federal, state and local jurisdiction statutory rates		$	11,089			$	13,035			$	10,825
State taxes, net federal benefit		1,016				1,433				684
Research and development tax credit		(1,292		)		(750		)		(1,804		)
Meals and entertainment		369				344				308
Stock compensation		566				586				466
Dividends paid to retirement plan		(352		)		(328		)		(616		)
Domestic production activities deduction		(529		)		(1,012		)		(976		)
Change in valuation allowances		(2,295		)		2,301				—
Change in uncertain tax positions		2,357				111				(70		)
Other, net		(128		)		(685		)		(667		)
		$	10,801			$	15,035			$	8,150

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of the net deferred tax asset were as follows:

	May 2, 2015				April 26, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Warranty reserves	$	10,038			$	10,432
Vacation accrual	1,808				1,510
Net losses on equity investments	—				2,870
Deferred maintenance revenue	745				1,332
Reserves for excess and obsolete inventory	939				981
Equity compensation	828				899
Allowance for doubtful accounts	613				797
Inventory capitalization	531				306
Accrued compensation and benefits	1,124				1,397
Intangible assets	—				56
Unrealized loss on foreign currency exchange	554				206
Net operating loss carry forwards	791				766
Other	344				379
	18,315				21,931
Valuation allowance on equity investments	(52		)		(2,297		)
	18,263				19,634
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(7,249		)		(6,232		)
Prepaid expenses	(577		)		(574		)
Other	(34		)		(162		)
	(7,860		)		(6,968		)
	$	10,403			$	12,666

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Current and Non Current

The classification of net deferred tax assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets is:

	May 2, 2015				April 26, 2014
Current assets	$	10,640			$	10,694
Current liabilities	—				(27		)
Non-current assets	702				2,000
Non-current liabilities	(939		)		(1		)
	$	10,403			$	12,666

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The changes in the amounts recorded for uncertain tax positions are:

	May 2, 2015			April 26, 2014			April 27, 2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	494		$	379		$	449
Gross increases related to prior period tax positions	6			16			—
Gross decreases related to prior period tax positions	—			—			(11		)
Gross increases related to current period tax positions	2,496			99			129
Lapse of statute of limitations	(105		)	—			(188		)
Balance at end of year	$	2,891		$	494		$	379

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