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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

Income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:

(Thousands of Dollars)	2018			2017			2016
Current:
Federal	275			394			1,241
State	875			819			379
Deferred	(17,378	)		10,398			20,556
	(16,228	)		11,611			22,176

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The reasons for these differences are as follows:

(Percent of Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes)	2018			2017			2016
Computed “expected” income tax expense (benefit)	24.7			35.0			35.0
State income tax expense (benefit), net of federal tax impact	2.6			2.3			3.8
Net income of associated companies taxed at dividend rates	(5.1	)		(3.7	)		(2.6	)
Resolution of tax matters	(8.4	)		2.2			3.2
Non-deductible expenses	2.9			1.5			1.0
Valuation allowance	9.9			2.6			(7.7	)
Warrant valuation	0.2			(10.2	)		5.0
Revaluation of deferred income taxes due to law charges	(79.1	)		—			—
Other	(0.4	)		(0.8	)		0.4
	(52.7	)		28.9			38.1

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Net deferred income tax liabilities consist of the following components:

(Thousands of Dollars)	September 30 2018			September 24 2017
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(16,506	)		(28,422	)
Identified intangible assets	(18,486	)		(35,790	)
Long-term debt	(11,074	)		(16,993	)
Investments	(6,472	)		—
	(52,538	)		(81,205	)
Deferred income tax assets:
Investments	—			2,520
Accrued compensation	2,402			4,622
Allowance for doubtful accounts and losses on loans	910			1,487
Pension and postretirement benefits	2,305			4,593
Net operating loss carryforwards	41,663			37,997
Accrued expenses	424			601
Other	3,075			5,023
	50,779			56,843
Valuation allowance	(37,349	)		(29,035	)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	(39,108	)		(53,397	)

Deferred Tax Asset/Liability Classification [Table Text Block]

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of 2018 and 2017 changes in gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

(Thousands of Dollars)	2018			2017
Balance, beginning of year	13,915			12,531
Increases (decreases) in tax positions for prior years	132			36
Increases in tax positions for the current year	2,567			2,150
Lapse in statute of limitations	(510	)		(802	)
Balance, end of year	16,104			13,915

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure for tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities and other income tax contingencies. Includes, but is not limited to, interest and penalties, reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate, tax years that remain subject to examination by tax jurisdictions, and information about positions for which it is reasonably possible that amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months.

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