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Taxes on Income | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Taxes on Income | Note 13 – Taxes on Income The income tax provision for continuing operations is made up of the following components:
| December 31, |  |  | January 2, |  |  | January 3, |
| 2016 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
(In thousands) | (52 Weeks) |  |  | (52 Weeks) |  |  | (53 Weeks) |
Current income tax expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ |  | 22,936 |  |  | $ |  | 31,437 |  |  | $ |  | 27,015 |
State |  |  | 3,210 |  |  |  |  | 3,144 |  |  |  |  | 777 |
Total current income tax expense |  |  | 26,146 |  |  |  |  | 34,581 |  |  |  |  | 27,792 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 6,509 |  |  |  |  | 3,255 |  |  |  |  | 3,362 |
State |  |  | 252 |  |  |  |  | (743 | ) |  |  |  | 175 |
Total deferred income tax expense |  |  | 6,761 |  |  |  |  | 2,512 |  |  |  |  | 3,537 |
Total income tax expense | $ |  | 32,907 |  |  | $ |  | 37,093 |  |  | $ |  | 31,329 |
A reconciliation of the statutory federal rate to the effective rate is as follows:
| December 31, |  | January 2, |  | January 3,
| 2016 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (52 Weeks) |  | (52 Weeks) |  | (53 Weeks)
Federal statutory income tax rate |  | 35.0 |  | % |  |  | 35.0 |  | % |  |  | 35.0 |  | %
State taxes, net of federal income tax benefit |  | 2.5 |  |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  |  | 2.9 |  |
Charitable product donations |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  |  | (0.4 | ) |
Changes in tax contingencies |  | — |  |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  |  | (2.7 | ) |
Domestic production activities deduction |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |
Non-deductible expenses |  | 0.5 |  |  |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |
Other, net |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  |  | (0.9 | ) |
Effective income tax rate |  | 36.6 |  | % |  |  | 37.0 |  | % |  |  | 34.6 |  | %
Deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from temporary differences as of December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016 are as follows:
|  |  |  | December 31, |  |  | January 2, |
(In thousands) |  |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2016 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee benefits |  |  |  | $ |  | 30,626 |  |  | $ |  | 29,218 |
Accrued workers' compensation |  |  |  |  |  | 2,624 |  |  |  |  | 2,712 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  |  |  |  | 2,945 |  |  |  |  | 3,341 |
Intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | 2,060 |  |  |  |  | 326 |
Restructuring |  |  |  |  |  | 6,087 |  |  |  |  | 732 |
Deferred revenue |  |  |  |  |  | 2,990 |  |  |  |  | 2,047 |
Accrued rent |  |  |  |  |  | 3,555 |  |  |  |  | 3,884 |
Accrued insurance |  |  |  |  |  | 1,279 |  |  |  |  | 866 |
All other |  |  |  |  |  | 4,417 |  |  |  |  | 6,804 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  | 56,583 |  |  |  |  | 49,930 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |  |  |  | 52,401 |  |  |  |  | 43,201 |
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  | 46,332 |  |  |  |  | 48,120 |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  | 79,904 |  |  |  |  | 62,005 |
Leases (a) |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 12,279 |
All other |  |  |  |  |  | 1,189 |  |  |  |  | 925 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 179,826 |  |  |  |  | 166,530 |
Net deferred tax liability |  |  |  | $ |  | 123,243 |  |  | $ |  | 116,600 |
| (a) | Beginning in fiscal 2016, lease related items are classified together with the associated property and equipment or intangible asset items.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
|  |  |  | December 31, |  |  | January 2, |
(In thousands) |  |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2016 |
Balance at beginning of year |  |  |  | $ |  | 2,211 |  |  | $ |  | 2,179 |
Gross increases - tax positions taken in prior years |  |  |  |  |  | 184 |  |  |  |  | 186 |
Gross decreases - tax positions taken in prior years |  |  |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  |  | (105 | )
Gross increases - tax positions taken in current year |  |  |  |  |  | 718 |  |  |  |  | 660 |
Lapse of statute of limitations |  |  |  |  |  | (742 | ) |  |  |  | (709 | )
Balance at end of year |  |  |  | $ |  | 2,369 |  |  | $ |  | 2,211 |
Unrecognized tax benefits of $0.9 million are set to expire prior to December 30, 2017. The Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, that would reduce the Company’s effective income tax rate if recognized in future periods was $1.3 million as of December 31, 2016. SpartanNash or its subsidiaries file income tax returns with federal, state and local tax authorities within the United States. With few exceptions, SpartanNash is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local examinations by tax authorities for fiscal years before March 31, 2012. Income tax returns related to the former Nash-Finch Company, with few exceptions, are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or local examinations by tax authorities for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 and earlier.

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