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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2019
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

5. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate, adjusted for earnings from noncontrolling interests, for the 13 and 39 weeks ended September 26, 2019 was 25.3% and 23.4%, respectively, and was 13.9% and 21.5% for the 13 and 39 weeks ended September 27, 2018, respectively. During the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2018, the Company recorded income tax benefits related to excess tax benefits on share-based compensation as well as reductions in deferred tax liabilities related to tax accounting method changes the Company made subsequent to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Company does not include the income tax expense or benefit related to the net earnings or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in its income tax expense as the entity is considered a pass-through entity and, as such, the income tax expense or benefit is attributable to its owners.