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Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Accounting Standards Codification 740 (“ASC 740”) requires companies to apply their estimated annual effective tax rate on a year-to-date basis in each interim period. These rates are derived, in part, from expected annual pre-tax income or loss. In the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 27, 2020 and the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2019, the Company applied an estimated annual effective tax rate to the interim period pre-tax loss to calculate the income tax benefit or provision.

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) into law. The CARES Act provides a stimulus package intended to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the American economy and provides tax relief for businesses. The Company continues to analyze the available benefits and has recognized benefits including the deferral of certain payroll taxes, accelerated Alternative Minimum Tax income tax refunds, and increased business interest deductions.

For the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 27, 2020, the effective income tax rates were 28.7% and 44.0%, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 27, 2020 of $1,703 and $10,993, respectively. The effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended June 27, 2020 was primarily the result of the stimulus provided with the CARES Act. The CARES Act provides the Company a benefit for increased business interest deductions for 2019 and 2020. The Company discretely recorded a $6,700 income tax benefit for the period ended March 28, 2020 related to the increased business interest provision for 2019. Although the CARES Act provided increased business interest deductions, the Company remains limited in deducting its interest expense going forward. Consistent with prior recent periods, the primary impact of the effective tax rate differential for the thirteen weeks ended June 27, 2020 was due to the Company recording a valuation allowance on its interest limitation carryforward. In addition to the interest limitation, the effective income tax rate differed from the federal statutory tax rate for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 27, 2020 due to certain non-deductible expenses and state and foreign income taxes.

For the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2019, the effective income tax rate was 12.8% and (3.7)%, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax benefit and an income tax provision for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2019 of $(2,869) and $1,931, respectively. The effective tax rate for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2019 was primarily the result of the IRC Section 163(j) interest limitation. Consistent with prior periods, the primary impact of the effective tax rate differential for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2019 was due to the Company recording a valuation allowance on its interest limitation. In addition to the valuation allowance on the interest limitation, the effective income tax rate differed from the federal statutory tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2019 due to certain non-deductible expenses, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income ("GILTI"), and state and foreign income taxes.