INCOME TAXES |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 27, 2026 | |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| INCOME TAXES | 11. INCOME TAXES The effective income tax rate for the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended June 27, 2026 was 32.4% and 43.9%, respectively, compared to 24.3% and 9.5%, respectively, for the fiscal quarter and two fiscal quarters ended June 28, 2025. The differences between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and the Company's effective income tax rates for the fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2026 and the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2025 were primarily attributable to the discrete impact of stock-based compensation expense for which there is no associated tax benefit, the effects of branch accounting for Latham Canada and the jurisdictional mix of income. On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA maintained the 21% corporate tax rate and makes permanent many of the beneficial expired and expiring tax provisions originally enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, including the immediate expensing of domestic research and development expenditures, more favorable interest deductibility and 100 percent bonus depreciation with effective dates in 2025. Revisions to the international tax framework are effective in 2026. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on the Company's effective tax rate.
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