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Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | INCOME TAXES Income taxes consist of the following in each fiscal year (in thousands):
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 19,721 |  |  | $ | 14,683 |  |  | $ | 51,454 |
State |  | 7,844 |  |  | 5,242 |  |  | 4,922 |
|  | 27,565 |  |  | 19,925 |  |  | 56,376 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | 4,625 |  |  | 3,750 |  |  | 23,462 |
State |  | 537 |  |  | 350 |  |  | 1,890 |
|  | 5,162 |  |  | 4,100 |  |  | 25,352 |
Income tax expense from continuing operations |  | $ | 32,727 |  |  | $ | 24,025 |  |  | $ | 81,728 |
Income tax expense (benefit) from discontinued operations |  | $ | 144 |  |  | $ | (2,863) |  |  | $ | 15,700 |
A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective tax rate for continuing operations is as follows:
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 24.5 | %
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit |  | 5.3 | % |  | 5.3 | % |  | 4.7 | %
One-time, non-cash impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 17.5 | %
Stock compensation excess tax benefit |  | (0.4) | % |  | (0.1) | % |  | (1.1) | %
Benefit of jobs tax credits, net of valuation allowance |  | (0.5) | % |  | (0.3) | % |  | (0.4) | %
Release of federal tax liability |  | — | % |  | (0.6) | % |  | — | %
Adjustment to state tax provision |  | — | % |  | (0.9) | % |  | — | %
Benefit related to COLIs |  | (0.9) | % |  | (1.0) | % |  | (0.4) | %
Termination of interest rate swaps |  | — | % |  | (2.6) | % |  | — | %
Officers’ compensation limitation |  | 2.2 | % |  | 1.1 | % |  | 0.4 | %
Other, net |  | 0.1 | % |  | (1.1) | % |  | (1.3) | %
|  | 26.8 | % |  | 20.8 | % |  | 43.9 | %
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):
| 2020 |  | 2019
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Operating and finance lease liabilities | $ | 234,926 |  |  | $ | — |
Accrued defined benefit pension and postretirement benefits | 44,436 |  |  | 46,918 |
Deferred income | 12,921 |  |  | 13,803 |
Impairment | 8,895 |  |  | 9,981 |
Accrued insurance | 6,500 |  |  | 7,133 |
Tax loss and tax credit carryforwards | 4,273 |  |  | 5,327 |
Share-based compensation | 4,143 |  |  | 5,415 |
Accrued incentive compensation | 2,585 |  |  | 2,617 |
Other reserves and allowances | 2,440 |  |  | 2,965 |
Accrued compensation expense | 672 |  |  | 1,092 |
Lease commitments related to closed or refranchised locations | — |  |  | 3,786 |
Deferred interest deduction | — |  |  | 3,188 |
Other, net | 2,364 |  |  | 868 |
Total gross deferred tax assets | 324,155 |  |  | 103,093 |
Valuation allowance | (2,104) |  |  | (2,485) |
Total net deferred tax assets | 322,051 |  |  | 100,608 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Operating and finance lease ROU assets | (235,373) |  |  | (3,822) |
Intangible assets | (11,437) |  |  | (10,520) |
Property and equipment, principally due to differences in depreciation | (1,781) |  |  | (128) |
Other | (1,138) |  |  | (574) |
Total gross deferred tax liabilities | (249,729) |  |  | (15,044) |
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 72,322 |  |  | $ | 85,564 |
Deferred tax assets as of September 27, 2020 include state net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately $20.1 million expiring at various times between 2021 and 2038. At September 27, 2020, we recorded a valuation allowance of $2.1 million related to losses and state tax credits, which decreased from the $2.5 million at September 29, 2019 primarily due to the release of the valuation allowance on California Enterprise Zone Credits. We believe it is more likely than not that these net operating loss and credit carry-forwards will not be realized and that all other deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable income or alternative tax strategies. The major jurisdictions in which the Company files income tax returns include the United States and states in which we operate that impose an income tax. The federal statutes of limitations have not expired for fiscal years 2017 and forward. The statutes of limitations for California and Texas, which constitute the Company’s major state tax jurisdictions, have not expired for fiscal years 2016 and forward.

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