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Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | Income Taxes The expense for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):
| Year Ended
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Current income tax expense | $ | 6,111 |  |  | $ | 5,885 |  |  | $ | 4,564 |
Tax (deficiency) benefit from stock based compensation recorded in equity | (2,567 | ) |  | 771 |  |  | 4,595 |
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | 1,030 |  |  | (761 | ) |  | (1,763 | )
Total income tax expense | $ | 4,574 |  |  | $ | 5,895 |  |  | $ | 7,396 |
A reconciliation of the statutory Federal income tax rate to the effective tax rate is as follows:
| Year Ended
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012 |  | January 2, 2011
Statutory federal income tax rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Other, net | 0.3 | % |  | (0.8 | )% |  | (0.7 | )%
Effective tax rate | 35.3 | % |  | 34.2 | % |  | 34.3 | %
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between amounts recorded for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for tax purposes. The major components of deferred tax assets are as follows (in thousands):
| December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Current: |  |  |
Reserves and allowances | $ | 722 |  |  | $ | 583 |
Deferred rent | 86 |  |  | 74 |
Inventory | 295 |  |  | 244 |
Other | 141 |  |  | 18 |
Noncurrent: |  |  |
Stock-based compensation | 8,657 |  |  | 10,060 |
Deferred rent | 656 |  |  | 721 |
Financing obligation | 219 |  |  | 240 |
Other | 243 |  |  | 31 |
Gross deferred tax assets | $ | 11,019 |  |  | $ | 11,971 |
Valuation allowance | (27 | ) |  | — |
Gross deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | $ | 10,992 |  |  | $ | 11,971 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Current: |  |  |
Prepaid expenses | $ | (301 | ) |  | $ | (230 | )
Other | (17 | ) |  | — |
Noncurrent: |  |  |
Leased building | (234 | ) |  | (251 | )
Excess of book over tax depreciation and amortization | (1,728 | ) |  | (1,748 | )
Gross deferred tax liabilities | (2,280 | ) |  | (2,229 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 8,712 |  |  | $ | 9,742 |
At December 30, 2012, the Company had foreign net operating loss carryforwards for income tax purposes of approximately $0.1 million. If not utilized, the foreign net operating loss carryforwards will expire in 2018. At December 30, 2012, the Company had a valuation allowance of $27,000. The valuation allowance relates to foreign net operating losses that would be realizable only upon the generation of future taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the losses were incurred. Income taxes payable at December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012 were approximately $2.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and were included in accrued liabilities. The Company has not provided for deferred taxes on unremitted earnings of subsidiaries outside the United States where such earnings are permanently reinvested. At December 30, 2012, unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries were approximately $0.9 million. The amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability associated with these unremitted earnings is approximately $0.2 million. If these earnings were distributed in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to U.S. income taxes less an adjustment for applicable foreign tax credits. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2009. The tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from stock option exercises was approximately $0.6 million, $1.8 million and $5.3 million for the years ended December 30, 2012, January 1, 2012 and January 2, 2011, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 109 -Paragraph 136, 172 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph h -Article 4 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 109 -Paragraph 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32559-109319 + Details
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