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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components Of Income Taxes
Income taxes consist of the following in each fiscal year (in thousands):
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
$
51,454

 
$
79,038

 
$
23,768

State
 
4,922

 
12,368

 
3,679

 
 
56,376

 
91,406

 
27,447

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
23,462

 
(13,176
)
 
28,455

State
 
1,890

 
(2,898
)
 
4,838

 
 
25,352

 
(16,074
)
 
33,293

Income tax expense from continuing operations
 
$
81,728

 
$
75,332

 
$
60,740

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations
 
$
15,700

 
$
(4,119
)
 
$
10,453

Reconciliation Of The Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate To Effective Tax Rate
A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective tax rate for continuing operations is as follows:
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Computed at federal statutory rate
 
24.5
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
Non-cash impact of the Tax Act
 
17.5
 %
 
 %
 
 %
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
 
4.7
 %
 
3.8
 %
 
3.7
 %
Stock compensation excess tax benefit
 
(1.1
)%
 
 %
 
 %
Benefit of jobs tax credits, net of valuation allowance
 
(0.4
)%
 
(0.4
)%
 
(1.0
)%
Benefit related to COLIs
 
(0.4
)%
 
(1.1
)%
 
(1.5
)%
Other, net
 
(0.9
)%
 
(0.4
)%
 
0.1
 %
 
 
43.9
 %
 
36.9
 %
 
36.3
 %
Deferred Tax Assets And Deferred Tax Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at each fiscal year-end are presented below (in thousands):
 
 
2018
 
2017
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
 
Accrued defined benefit pension and postretirement benefits
 
$
34,776

 
$
67,334

Impairment
 
11,388

 
18,697

Accrued insurance
 
8,994

 
14,701

Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards
 
7,458

 
11,841

Share-based compensation
 
4,936

 
9,715

Lease commitments related to closed or refranchised locations
 
4,696

 
9,382

Accrued incentive compensation
 
2,055

 
628

Accrued vacation pay expense
 
2,034

 
1,560

Deferred income
 
1,535

 
2,289

Other reserves and allowances
 
851

 
1,386

Interest rate swaps
 
181

 
8,855

Other, net
 
2,206

 
2,960

Total gross deferred tax assets
 
81,110

 
149,348

Valuation allowance
 
(3,554
)
 
(8,507
)
Total net deferred tax assets
 
77,556

 
140,841

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Intangible assets
 
(10,492
)
 
(15,995
)
Leasing transactions
 
(2,790
)
 
(758
)
Property and equipment, principally due to differences in depreciation
 
(1,855
)
 
(18,406
)
Other
 
(279
)
 
(564
)
Total gross deferred tax liabilities
 
(15,416
)
 
(35,723
)
Net deferred tax assets
 
$
62,140

 
$
105,118