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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jan. 24, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 5 – Income Taxes:

 

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act includes significant changes to the U.S. tax code that affected the Company including, but not limited to, (1) reduced the corporate federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%, (2) bonus depreciation that allowed for full expensing of qualified property in the year placed in service, and (3) the repeal of the domestic production activity deduction that began with our fiscal year 2019. The effective tax rate was 24.09% and 26.91% for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively. The effective tax rates for the first quarter of fiscal years 2020 and 2019 were impacted by such items as non-deductible meals and entertainment, non-taxable gains and losses on life insurance policies and state income taxes.

 

Under U.S. GAAP, specifically ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, the tax effects of changes in tax laws must be recognized in the period in which the law is enacted, or December 22, 2017, for the Tax Act. ASC Topic 740 also requires deferred tax assets and liabilities to be measured at the enacted tax rate expected to apply when temporary differences are to be realized or settled. Thus, at the date of enactment, the Company’s deferred taxes were re-measured based upon the new tax rates.

 

As of January 24, 2020, the Company has approximately $9,900 of federal and none state (except $800 California) net operating loss carry forwards.

 

Our federal income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the fiscal years 2016 through 2018. We are subject to income tax in California and various other state taxing jurisdictions. Our state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the fiscal years 2015 through 2018.