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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes

 
THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDED
 
THIRTY-NINE WEEKS ENDED
(dollars in thousands)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
$
(660
)
 
$
(3,317
)
 
$
6,051

 
$
(6,516
)
Effective income tax rate
(7.6
)%
 
(NM)

 
5.5
%
 
(7.2
)%

________________
NM    Not meaningful.

The decrease in the benefit for income taxes for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2019 as compared to the thirteen weeks ended September 30, 2018 was primarily due to favorable discrete items recorded in the thirteen weeks ended September 30, 2018 and an increase in pre-tax book income in 2019 relative to 2018.

The effective income tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2019 increased by 12.7 percentage points as compared to the thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2018. The increase was primarily due to favorable discrete items recorded in the thirty-nine weeks ended September 30, 2018, which included excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation arrangements.

The Company has a blended federal and state statutory rate of approximately 26%. The effective income tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended September 29, 2019 was lower than the statutory rate primarily due to the benefit of tax credits for FICA taxes on certain employees’ tips and changes to the estimate of the forecasted full-year 2019 effective tax rate relative to prior quarters. The effective income tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 29, 2019 was lower than the statutory rate primarily due to the benefit of tax credits for FICA taxes on certain employees’ tips.