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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 4 – Income Taxes



On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law.  The Tax Act made broad and complex changes to U.S. federal corporate income taxation.  Additionally, in December 2017, the staff of the SEC issued guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, “Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” allowing taxpayers to record provisional amounts for reasonable estimates when they did not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed in reasonable detail to complete their accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act.  During the quarter ended December 23, 2017, we recorded a provisional reduction to our net deferred tax asset, as well as a corresponding increase to income tax expense of $5.3 million related to the revaluation of our net deferred tax asset.  Additionally, we recognized an income tax benefit of approximately $2.3 million during the quarter ended December 23, 2017 related to the impact of the reduction in the federal statutory income tax rate on our fiscal 2018 estimated annual effective tax rate.  The guidance also provided a measurement period, which extended no longer than one year from the enactment date of the Tax Act, during which a company may complete its accounting for the income tax accounting implications of the Tax Act.  As of December 29, 2018, our accounting for the impact of the Tax Act is complete.  We did not record any material adjustments for the quarter and nine months ended December 29, 2018 to provisional amounts previously recorded.  See Note 7 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.



In the normal course of business, we provide for uncertain tax positions and the related interest and penalties, and adjust our unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest and penalties accordingly.  The total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits were $6.9 million and $6.2 million at December 29, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively, the majority of which, if recognized, would affect our effective tax rate.  Additionally, we have accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $.5 million and $.4 million as of December 29, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively.



We file U.S. federal income tax returns and income tax returns in various state jurisdictions.  We have finalized the examination by the Internal Revenue Service of our fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2017 tax years and have recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $2.0 million related to a retroactive accounting method change application that was accepted by the Internal Revenue Service.  An income tax benefit was recorded primarily due to the difference in the federal statutory income tax rate of 35% that applies to the refund amounts resulting from the accounting method change for the examination years, as compared to the federal statutory income tax rate of 21% for which deferred tax accounting applies.  Additionally, various state tax years remain subject to income tax examinations by tax authorities.