Income Taxes |
9 Months Ended |
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Oct. 01, 2011 | |
| Income Taxes [Abstract] | |
| Income Taxes |
Note 9—Income Taxes For the thirteen weeks ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, the effective tax rate for the Company was 0% and (533.2)%, respectively. For the thirty-nine weeks ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, the effective tax rate for the Company was (2.7)% and 1,081.3%, respectively. The Company's effective tax rate for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 1, 2011 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to an increase in valuation allowance against pre-tax operating losses and recording of provision for increasing long-term deferred tax liabilities associated with indefinite-lived intangibles which could not be offset with the operating losses. The Company's effective tax rate for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 2, 2010 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily as a result of the recording of an $11.4 million valuation allowance against the Company's deferred tax assets. As of October 1, 2011, the Company had no material unrecognized tax benefits, interest or penalties related to federal and state income tax matters. The Company's policy is to record accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. The Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of foreign and state tax jurisdictions. The Company's foreign and state income tax returns are open to audit under the statute of limitations for the tax years 2006 through 2010. The Company does not anticipate a significant change to the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. |