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Note 9 - Income Taxes

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Note 9 - Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9—Income Taxes

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “New Tax Legislation”) was enacted on December 22, 2017, which significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax code by, among other things, lowering federal corporate income tax rates, implementing a modified territorial tax system and imposing a repatriation tax, ("transition tax"), on deemed repatriated cumulative earnings of foreign subsidiaries which will be paid over eight years. In addition, new taxes were imposed related to foreign income, including a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) as well as a limitation on the deduction for business interest expense (“Section 163(j)"). GILTI is the excess of the shareholder’s net controlled foreign corporations, ("CFC") net tested income over the net deemed tangible income.  The Section 163(j) limitation does not allow the amount of deductible interest to exceed the sum of the taxpayer's business interest income or 30% of the taxpayer’s adjusted taxable income. We have included in our calculation of our effective tax rate the estimated impact of GILTI and Section 163(j) which were effective for us beginning fiscal year 2019. We have elected to account for the tax on GILTI as a period cost and, therefore, do not record deferred taxes related to GILTI on our foreign subsidiaries.

 

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020, provided temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws, including some provisions which were previously enacted under the New Tax Legislation. The CARES Act revised the U.S. corporate income tax code on a temporary basis by, among other things, eliminating the 80% of taxable income limitation on net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards, allowing NOL carrybacks, and increasing the Section 163(j) interest limitation deduction from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income. We have included the estimated impact of these provisions in our effective tax rate calculation.

 

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

 

   

Year Ended

 
   

September 2022

   

September 2021

 

Current:

               

Federal

  $ 921     $ 1,579  

State

    203       449  

Foreign

    195       135  

Total current

  $ 1,319     $ 2,163  

Deferred:

               

Federal

  $ 2,532     $ 3,327  

State

    456       215  

Total deferred

    2,988       3,542  

Provision for income taxes

  $ 4,307     $ 5,705  

 

For financial reporting purposes our income before provision for income taxes includes the following components (in thousands):

 

   

Year Ended

 
   

September 2022

   

September 2021

 

United States, net of (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

  $ 10,746     $ 15,505  

Foreign

    13,301       10,496  
    $ 24,047     $ 26,001  

 

Our effective income tax rate on operations for 2022 was 17.9% compared to a rate of 21.9% in the prior year. We generally benefit from having income in foreign jurisdictions that are either exempt from income taxes or have tax rates that are lower than those in the United States. As such, changes in the mix of U.S. taxable income compared to profits in tax-free or lower-tax jurisdictions can have a significant impact on our overall effective tax rate. In addition, the future impact of the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation may differ from historical amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions made regarding the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation, guidance that may be issued, and actions we may take as a result of the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation.

 

A reconciliation between the actual provision for income taxes and the provision for income taxes computed using the federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0% for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 is as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Year Ended

 
   

September 2022

   

September 2021

 

Income tax expense at the statutory rate of 21.0%

  $ 5,050     $ 5,460  

State income tax benefits, net of federal income tax benefit

    553       653  

Impact of foreign earnings in tax-free zone

    (2,598 )     (2,070 )

GILTI inclusion

    1,237       1,063  

Other permanent differences

    (179 )     (69 )

Impact of state rate changes

    10       (70 )

Permanent reinvestment of foreign earnings

    178       728  

Other

    56       10  

Provision for income taxes

  $ 4,307     $ 5,705  

 

 

Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 

   

September 2022

   

September 2021

 

Deferred tax assets:

               

State net operating loss carryforwards

  $ 1,997     $ 2,239  

Receivable allowances and reserves

    300       314  

Inventories and reserves

    1,649       883  

Accrued compensation and benefits

    2,948       3,002  

Operating lease liabilities

    10,039       8,801  

Other

    4,670       4,258  

Gross deferred tax assets

  $ 21,603     $ 19,497  

Less valuation allowance — state net operating loss carryforwards

    (640 )     (586 )

Net deferred tax assets

  $ 20,963     $ 18,911  
                 

Deferred tax liabilities:

               

Depreciation

  $ (7,242 )   $ (4,647 )

Goodwill and intangibles

    (6,038 )     (4,943 )

Operating lease assets

    (9,720 )     (8,367 )

Other

    (931 )     (620 )

Gross deferred tax liabilities

  $ (23,931 )   $ (18,577 )

Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets

  $ (2,968 )   $ 334  

 

As of September 2022, we had state net operating losses of approximately $41.6 million, with deferred tax assets of $2.0 million related to these state NOLs, and related valuation allowances against them of approximately $0.6 million. These state net loss carryforwards expire at various intervals from 2027 through 2040. Our deferred tax asset related to state net operating loss carryforwards is reduced by a valuation allowance to result in net deferred tax assets we consider more likely than not to be realized.

 

For both federal and state purposes, the ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends upon the generation of future taxable income or tax planning strategies during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible or when the carryforwards are available.

 

ASC 740, Income Taxes requires that a position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return be recognized in the financial statements when it is more-likely-than-not (i.e., a likelihood of more than fifty percent) that the position would be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. A recognized tax position is then measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits would also be recorded. We did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits as of September 2022 or September 2021.

 

As of September 2022, we are indefinitely reinvested in the cumulative undistributed earnings of and original investments in our foreign subsidiaries, with the exception of our equity method investment, which has been properly accounted for. Future remittances could be subject to additional foreign withholding taxes, U.S. state taxes, and certain tax impacts relating to foreign currency exchange effects. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of any unrecognized tax effects on these reinvested earnings and original investments in foreign subsidiaries.

 

We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. Tax years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, according to statute and with few exceptions, remain open to examination by various federal, state, local, and foreign jurisdictions.