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4. Income Taxes
The Company recorded an income tax provision of $13 million and $20 million for the three and nine months ended March 30, 2012, respectively. The income tax provision recorded for the nine months ended March 30, 2012 included approximately $10 million of discrete tax benefits from the reversal of a portion of the U.S. valuation allowance recorded in prior periods and the release of income tax reserves associated with the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.
The Company’s income tax provision recorded for the three and nine months ended March 30, 2012 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes, primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdictions that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland, (ii) a decrease in valuation allowance for certain U.S. deferred tax assets, and (iii) the release of tax reserves associated with the expiration of certain statutes of limitation.
The Company recorded an income tax provision of $29 million and $58 million for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2011, respectively. The income tax provision for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2011 included approximately $15 million and $4 million, respectively, of net discrete charges, primarily related to increases in income tax reserves recorded for non-U.S. income tax positions taken in prior fiscal years partially offset by the release of income tax reserves associated with settlements of income tax audits and the expiration of certain statutes of limitations. In addition, the nine month period ended April 1, 2011 included an $11 million discrete income tax benefit from the loss recognized in the three months ended October 1, 2010 on the redemption of debt which was offset by a corresponding increase in the valuation allowance for U.S. deferred tax assets.
The Company’s provision for income taxes recorded for the three and nine months ended April 1, 2011 differed from the provision for income taxes that would be derived by applying the Irish statutory rate of 25% to income before income taxes primarily due to the net effect of (i) tax benefits related to non-U.S. earnings generated in jurisdiction that are subject to tax holidays or tax incentive programs and are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Ireland, (ii) income tax expense related to intercompany transactions, (iii) an increase in valuation allowance for U.S. deferred tax assets, and (iv) income tax reserves related to non-U.S. tax positions taken in prior fiscal years and the release of income tax reserves from settlements of income tax audits and the expiration of certain statutes of limitations.
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