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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Financial Statement Preparation The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (“financial statements”) of TrueBlue, Inc. (the "Company", "we", "us", "our", and "TrueBlue") are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures usually found in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The financial statements reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly state the financial statements for the interim periods presented. We follow the same accounting policies for preparing both quarterly and annual financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2012. The results of operations for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 27, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or for any other fiscal period. Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities We consider all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Investments with original maturities greater than three months are classified as marketable securities. Our marketable securities consist of variable-rate demand notes and certificate of deposits. All of our marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale and are reported at fair value, with any unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, recorded in Other comprehensive income (loss). We manage our cash equivalents and marketable securities as a single portfolio of highly liquid securities. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements not yet Adopted In July 2013, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for the presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The guidance requires that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except to the extent when, for certain reasons, it is not available. The guidance will be effective for our first quarter of fiscal 2014. Management does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our financial statements.

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