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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
The Company calculates its interim income tax provision in accordance with ASC 270, Interim Reporting, and ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. At the end of each interim period, the Company estimates its annual effective tax rate and applies that rate to its ordinary quarterly earnings to calculate the tax related to ordinary income. The tax effects for other items that are excluded from ordinary income are discretely calculated and recognized in the period in which they occur.
For the three months ended March 30, 2025, the Company recognized a provision for income taxes of $3.9 million in relation to loss before income taxes of $8.8 million, resulting in a negative effective tax rate of 44.3%. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized an income tax benefit of $92.9 million in relation to loss before income taxes of $1,798.9 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 5.2%. For the three months ended March 30, 2025, the effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the impacts of operating losses in certain subsidiaries not being benefited due to the establishment of valuation allowances. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the effective tax rate differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to goodwill impairment charges that are nondeductible for tax purposes.
The balance of unrecognized tax benefits at March 30, 2025, not including interest and penalties, was $184.3 million, of which $17.2 million could affect the effective income tax rate in future periods, if recognized. The Company also recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. At March 30, 2025, the Company had approximately $1.6 million of interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits. The Company estimates that within the next 12 months, its uncertain tax positions, excluding interest, should decrease by $5.1 million.
The Company is subject to periodic audits by domestic and foreign tax authorities. Due to the carryforward of unutilized credits, the Company’s federal tax years from 2014 and onwards are subject to examination by the U.S. authorities. The Company’s state and foreign tax years for 2001 and onwards are subject to examination by applicable tax authorities. The Company believes that it has appropriate support for the income tax positions taken on its tax returns and that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open years based on an assessment of many factors, including past experience and interpretations of tax laws applied to the facts of each matter.