Discrete tax benefit.

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Discrete tax expenses.

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Discrete tax expenses, stock-based compensation and rate changes.

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Discrete tax benefit for the tax effect of a pre-transition loss related to Section 987 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the cumulative unrecognized foreign exchange loss relating to our primary operating subsidiary in Canada, which is a qualified business unit for purposes of Section 987.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 04, 2026	Apr. 04, 2026	Jun. 28, 2025	Mar. 29, 2025	Jul. 04, 2026	Jun. 28, 2025	Jan. 02, 2027
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate	(68.10%)		22.10%		23.30%	32.90%
Discrete tax expenses		$ 1.6	$ 0.4		$ 1.5
Increase (Decrease) of valuation allowance	$ 0.8				$ 2.3
Discrete tax benefit	$ 0.1			$ 1.4
Discrete tax benefit, pre-transition loss				2.1
Discrete tax expenses, stock-based compensation and rate changes				$ 0.7
Forecast
Income Taxes
Valuation allowance							$ 11.7