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INCOME TAXES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
The Company’s entire pretax loss for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021 was from its U.S domestic operations. The Company’s tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of its annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items arising during interim periods. For the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021, there were no significant discrete items recorded and the Company recorded less than $0.1 million and no income tax expense, respectively.

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law. The CARES Act provides numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including provisions, among others, addressing the carryback of NOLs for specific periods, refunds of alternative minimum tax credits, temporary modifications to the limitations placed on the tax deductibility of net interest expenses, and technical amendments for qualified improvement property (“QIP”). Additionally, the CARES Act, in efforts to enhance business’ liquidity, provides for refundable employee retention tax credits and the deferral of the employer-paid portion of social security taxes. The Company elected to defer the employer-paid portion of social security payroll taxes through December 27, 2020, of $5.0 million, of which $2.5 million was remitted during the fiscal year 2021, and the remaining $2.5 million is required to be remitted at the end of calendar year 2022. The remaining $2.5 million obligation as of September 25, 2022 is included within accrued payroll, within the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) into law. The IRA contains several revisions to the Internal Revenue Code, including a 15% corporate minimum income tax for entities with adjusted financial statement income of over $1.0 billion and a 1% excise tax on corporate stock repurchases in tax years beginning after December 31, 2022. While these tax law changes have no immediate effect and are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations going forward, the Company will continue to evaluate its impact as further information becomes available.