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Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of income (loss) before income tax
Loss before income taxes includes the following components for the fiscal years ended December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, and December 29, 2019 (in thousands):
2021 2020 2019
U.S. $ (49,978) $ (262,728) $ (14,549)
Foreign (176) (20,824) (7,688)
Loss before income taxes $ (50,154) $ (283,552) $ (22,237)
Schedule of provision (benefit) for income taxes
The benefit for income taxes for the fiscal years ended December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, and December 29, 2019 consist of the following (in thousands):
2021 2020 2019
Current:
Federal $ —  $ (60,340) $ (3,054)
State (152) 1,354  (1,687)
Foreign —  —  — 
Total current income tax (benefit) $ (152) $ (58,986) $ (4,741)
Deferred:    
Federal $ —  $ 44,353  $ (10,994)
State —  8,086  1,354 
Foreign —  (937) 47 
Total deferred income tax expense (benefit) —  51,502  (9,593)
Income tax benefit $ (152) $ (7,484) $ (14,334)
Schedule of reconciliation of income tax provision that would result from applying the federal statutory rate to income tax provision
The reconciliation between the income tax benefit and the amount of income tax computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory rate to loss before income taxes as shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for fiscal years ended December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, and December 29, 2019 is as follows:
2021 2020 2019
Tax provision at U.S. federal statutory rate 21.0  % 21.0  % 21.0  %
State income taxes 3.8  3.9  2.2 
FICA tip tax credits —  —  46.0 
Foreign taxes versus U.S statutory rate —  0.2  0.8 
Valuation allowance on deferred income tax assets (25.2) (27.9) (9.1)
Impact of CARES Act and related method changes —  5.5  — 
Other tax credits —  —  6.1 
Meals and entertainment —  —  (0.7)
Excess stock options 1.1  (0.1) (2.9)
Employee travel —  —  (0.1)
Other (0.4) —  1.2 
Effective tax rate 0.3  % 2.6  % 64.5  %
Schedule of the Company's total deferred tax assets and liabilities
The Company's federal and state deferred taxes at December 26, 2021 and December 27, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
2021 2020
Deferred tax assets:
Leasing transactions $ 126,981  $ 134,471 
General business and other tax credits 40,472  40,366 
Net operating loss carryover 36,069  23,567 
Accrued compensation and related costs 9,738  11,893 
Goodwill 8,296  9,536 
Stock-based compensation 6,461  5,561 
Advanced payments 3,912  4,702 
Other non-current deferred tax assets 5,782  3,073 
Subtotal 237,711  233,169 
Valuation allowance (99,093) (86,677)
Total $ 138,618  $ 146,492 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Leasing transactions $ (108,067) $ (112,860)
Property and equipment (17,600) (21,549)
Supplies inventory (4,128) (4,267)
Prepaid expenses (2,517) (2,884)
Other non-current deferred tax liabilities (6,306) (4,932)
Total $ (138,618) $ (146,492)
Net deferred tax asset $ —  $ — 
Schedule of the Company's unrecognized tax benefits The following table summarizes the Company's unrecognized tax benefits at December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, and December 29, 2019 (in thousands):
2021 2020 2019
Beginning of year $ 80  $ 104  $ 304 
Increase due to current year tax positions —  52 
Due to decrease to a position taken in a prior year —  (24) (170)
Settlements —  —  (16)
Reductions related to lapses in the statute of limitations (51) —  (66)
End of year $ 32  $ 80  $ 104