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INCOME TAXES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 25, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
13. INCOME TAXES
The effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2022 and 2021 was 24.1% and 26.3%, respectively, and the effective tax rate for the comparable nine month periods was 24.9% and 24.1%, respectively. The first nine months of 2022 and 2021 rates include the impact of the recognition of excess tax benefits on share-based compensation that was recorded as a reduction to income tax expense in the amount of $4.0 million and $5.7 million, respectively.
 
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds, was $38.4 million and $114.9 million, respectively, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2022 and $19.7 million and $43.9 million, respectively, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2021.