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Note 15 - Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | 15. INCOME TAXES The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | January 2, 2016 |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 688 |  |  | $ | (570 | )
State and local |  |  | 402 |  |  |  | 320 |
Foreign |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 81 |
|  |  | 1,087 |  |  |  | (169 | )
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 372 |  |  |  | 944 |
State |  |  | 108 |  |  |  | 274 |
Foreign |  |  | (23 | ) |  |  | 90 |
|  |  | 457 |  |  |  | 1,308 |
Total |  | $ | 1,544 |  |  | $ | 1,139 |
The components of earnings before income taxes by United States and foreign jurisdictions were as follows:
|  | Fiscal Years Ended |
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | January 2, 2016 |
United States |  | $ | 3,430 |  |  | $ | 6,642 |
Foreign Jurisdictions |  |  | (128 | ) |  |  | 512 |
|  | $ | 3,302 |  |  | $ | 7,154 |
The consolidated effective income tax rate for the current year was 46.8% as compared to 15.9% for the comparable prior year period. Generally, the Company’s relative income or loss generated in each of its jurisdictions can materially impact the overall effective income tax rate of the Company, particularly the ratio of Canadian pretax income, which typically has statutory income tax rates of under 30.0%, versus U.S. pretax income. The Company’s fiscal 2016 effective tax rate is unusually high due to the following reasons: 1) a small pretax loss in the Company’s Canadian operations; and 2) normal permanent differences and fixed tax rates in Puerto Rico as both items were spread over a low base of pretax income in the United States. The Company’s fiscal 2015 effective tax rate is unusually low primarily due to a discreet write-off of tax goodwill (GAAP book value was zero) associated with the sale of a business unit in the Company’s Information Technology segment. The income tax provisions reconciled to the tax computed at the statutory Federal rate are:
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | January 2, 2016 |
Tax at statutory rate |  |  | 34.0 | % |  |  | 34.0 | %
State and Puerto Rico income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefit |  |  | 8.0 |  |  |  | 5.4 |
Permanent differences |  |  | 5.7 |  |  |  | 2.2 |
Foreign income tax rate |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | - |
Tax loss on sale of business unit |  |  | - |  |  |  | (26.9 | )
Other, net |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  |  | 1.2 |
Total income tax expense |  |  | 46.8 | % |  |  | 15.9 | %
A reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits for the year December 31, 2016:
Unrecognized Tax Benefits |  |  |  |
Balance as of January 2, 2016 |  | $ | 628 |
Charges for current year tax positions |  |  | - |
Reserves for current year tax position |  |  | - |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 628 |
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits relating to the Company’s tax positions is subject to change based on future events including, but not limited to, the settlements of ongoing audits and/or the expiration of applicable statutes of limitations. Although the outcomes and timing of such events are highly uncertain, it is reasonably possible that the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits will not change during the next 12 months. However, changes in the occurrence, expected outcomes and timing of those events could cause the Company’s current estimate to change materially in the future. The Company accounts for penalties or interest related to uncertain tax positions as part of its provision for income taxes and records such amounts to interest expense. The Company recorded no expense for penalties or interest in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016. At December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016, deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | January 2, 2016 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | 501 |
Acquisition amortization, net |  |  | - |  |  |  | 352 |
Reserves and accruals |  |  | 394 |  |  |  | 393 |
Other |  |  | 323 |  |  |  | 128 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 1,168 |  |  |  | 1,374 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition amortization, net |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | - |
Prepaid expense deferral |  |  | (750 | ) |  |  | (491 | )
Bonus depreciation to be reversed |  |  | (466 | ) |  |  | (550 | )
Canada deferred tax liability, net |  |  | (234 | ) |  |  | (250 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (1,550 | ) |  |  | (1,291 | )
Total deferred tax (liability) asset, net |  | $ | (382 | ) |  | $ | 83 |
The Company conducts its operations in multiple tax jurisdictions in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Company and its subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return and file in various states. The Company’s federal income tax returns have been examined through 2010. The Internal Revenue Service is currently examining fiscal tax years 2011 and 2012. The State of New Jersey is currently examining fiscal tax years 2009 through 2012. Except for New Jersey and other limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to audits by state and local tax authorities for tax years prior to 2010. The Company is no longer subject to audit in Canada for the tax years prior to tax year 2012. The Company is no longer subject to audit in Puerto Rico for the tax years prior to tax year 2006.

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