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Income Taxes
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 7. Income Taxes

We compute the year-to-date income tax provision by applying our estimated annual effective tax rate to our year-to-date pre-tax income and adjust for discrete tax items in the period in which they occur.

The effective tax rate was 0% for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023.

For the nine months ended September 27, 2024, the deferred tax provision resulting from the current year loss is completely offset by the valuation allowance, resulting in zero tax expense.

For the nine months ended September 29, 2023, the deferred tax provision resulting from the loss was completely offset by the valuation allowance, resulting in zero tax expense.

The Company generally anticipates a zero effective tax rate due to a full valuation allowance. However, the Company may recognize a current tax expense in a specific period if its taxable income, net of available deferred tax assets in that period, exceeds the allowable utilization of tax attributes such as NOL carryforwards. The allowable limitation typically restricts the use of NOL carryforwards to 80% of taxable income.

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences arising from differences between the carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities under U.S. GAAP and their respective tax bases, and for net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards. We evaluate the recoverability of our deferred tax assets, weighing all positive and negative evidence, and are required to establish or maintain a valuation allowance for these assets if we determine that it is more likely than not that some or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

As of each reporting date, we consider new evidence, both positive and negative, that could impact our view with regard to the future realization of deferred tax assets. We will maintain our positions with regard to future realization of deferred tax assets, including those with respect to which we continue maintaining valuation allowances, until there is sufficient new evidence to support a change in expectations. Such a change in expectations could arise due to many factors, including those impacting our forecasts of future earnings, as well as changes in the tax laws under which we operate and tax planning. It is not reasonably possible to forecast any such changes at the present time, but it is possible that, should they arise, our view of their effect on the future realization of deferred tax assets may impact materially our condensed consolidated financial statements.

After weighing all the evidence, giving more weight to the evidence that was objectively verifiable, a valuation allowance of $147 million and $124 million as of September 27, 2024 and December 29, 2023, respectively, has been recorded to recognize only the portion of the deferred tax asset that is more likely than not to be realized. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be adjusted if estimates of future taxable income during the carryforward period are reduced or increased or if the objective negative evidence in the form of cumulative losses is no longer present and additional weight is given to subjective evidence such as our projections for growth.