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Income Taxes - Summary of Income Taxes Paid (Refunded) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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May 02, 2021 | May 03, 2020 | Apr. 28, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
United States Federal - AMT credit refunds |  | $ 1,500 |  |
Total income tax payments, net |  | 2,998 | $ 4,995 | $ 6,694
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] | United States [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
United States Federal - AMT credit refunds | [1] | (1,510) |  |
United States Federal - transition tax |  | 226 |  | 600
U.S. State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] | United States [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total income tax payments, net |  |  |  | 60
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | China [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total income tax payments, net |  | 2,874 | 3,397 | 3,543
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Canada [Member] |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total income tax payments, net |  | $ 1,408 | $ 1,598 | $ 2,491
[1] | In accordance with the TCJA, corporate taxpayers were eligible to treat prior AMT credit carryforwards as refundable. Accordingly, we elected to treat our prior AMT credit carryforward balance of $1.5 million as refundable, and as a result, 50% of the $1.5 million refundable balance was expected to be received in each of our fiscal years 2021 and 2022, respectively. We received our first 50% installment totaling $746,000 during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. In accordance with the CARES Act, 100% of AMT credit carryforwards for tax years beginning in the 2019 tax year were immediately refundable. Accordingly, we

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