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Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Provision for Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
The provision for income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following:
  Fiscal Year Ended
  September 26, 2020 September 28, 2019 September 29, 2018
  (in thousands)
Current:
Federal $ 33,775  $ 17,048  $ 5,728 
State 5,063  2,728  2,319 
Foreign (5) 169  91 
Total 38,833  19,945  8,138 
Deferred:
Federal (6,019) 4,278  (3,676)
State (582) 2,380  (1,162)
Foreign (14)
Total (6,615) 6,659  (4,833)
Total $ 32,218  $ 26,604  $ 3,305 
Reconciliation of the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to the Company's Effective Income Tax Rate
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:
  Fiscal Year Ended
  September 26, 2020 September 28, 2019 September 29, 2018
Statutory federal income tax rate 21.0  % 21.0  % 24.5  %
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 2.3  4.3  0.9 
Other permanent differences —  0.7  (0.1)
Adjustment of prior year accruals (0.2) (0.6) — 
Credits (0.6) (0.9) (0.8)
Rate change – Tax reform —  —  (16.9)
Stock based compensation (1.4) (1.6) (5.4)
Other (0.1) (0.6) 0.4 
Effective income tax rate 21.0  % 22.3  % 2.6  %
Tax Effect of Temporary Differences and Carryforwards which Give Rise to Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities The tax effect of temporary differences and carryforwards which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
  September 26, 2020 September 28, 2019
  Deferred
Tax
Assets
Deferred
Tax
Liabilities
Deferred
Tax
Assets
Deferred
Tax
Liabilities
(in thousands)
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 6,618  $ —  $ 5,029  $ — 
Inventory write-downs 8,624  —  8,374  — 
Prepaid expenses —  1,603  —  2,060 
Nondeductible reserves 9,484  —  3,968  — 
State taxes 505  —  39  — 
Employee benefits 12,913  —  5,704  — 
Depreciation and amortization —  85,302  —  77,901 
Equity loss 2,047  —  884  — 
State net operating loss carryforward 5,652  —  6,579  — 
Stock based compensation 4,743  —  3,538  — 
State credits 2,732  —  2,819  — 
Other 1,774  —  4,774  — 
Valuation allowance (7,124) —  (7,179) — 
Total $ 47,968  $ 86,905  $ 34,529  $ 79,961 
Activity Related to Company's Unrecognized Tax Benefits
The following table, which excludes interest and penalties, summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal years ended September 26, 2020 and September 28, 2019:  
(in thousands)
Balance as of September 29, 2018 $ 518 
Increases related to prior year tax positions
Increases related to current year tax positions 81 
Decreases related to prior year tax positions — 
Settlements (124)
Decreases related to lapse of statute of limitations — 
Balance as of September 28, 2019 $ 483 
Increases related to prior year tax positions — 
Increases related to current year tax positions 80 
Decreases related to prior year tax positions — 
Settlements — 
Decreases related to lapse of statute of limitations (236)
Balance as of September 26, 2020 $ 327