Experts from Starbucks Corporations tax note from the companys Forem 10-K for the year ended September 27, 2015, follow.

			Sep. 29, 2013
Fiscal Year Ended	Sep.27, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Total	Litigation Charge	All Other
Current taxes:
Federal	$801.0	$822.7	$616.6		$616.6
State	150.1	132.9	93.8		93.8
Foreign	172.2	128.8	95.9	0.0	95.9
Total current taxes	1,123.3	1,084.4	806.3	0.0	806.3
Deferred taxes:
Federal	56.5	12.0	(898.8)	(922.3)	23.5
State	4.0	(4.9)	(144.0)	(148.7)	4.7
Foreign	(40.1)	0.5	(2.2)	0.0	(2.2)
Total deferred taxes	20.4	7.6	(1,045.0)	(1,071.0)	26.0
Total provision for income taxes	$1,143.7	$1,092.0	($238.7)	($1,071.0)	$832.3

			Sep. 29, 2013
Fiscal Year Ended	Sep.27, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Total	Litigation Charge	All Other
Statutory rate	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%	35.0%
State income tax, net of federal tax benefits	2.8	2.6	15.8	3.5	2.4
Benefits and taxes related to foreign operations	(2.1)	(1.9)	37.5		(3.4)
Domestic production activity deduction	(2.2)	(0.7)	8.1		(0.7)
Domestic tax credits	(0.2)	(0.2)	2.8		(0.3)
Charitable contributions	(0.3)	(0.4)	3.9		(0.3)
Gain resulting from acquisitions of joint venture	(3.7)
Other, net	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	(0.1)
Effective tax rate	29.3%	34.6%	103.8%	38.5%	32.6%

		Sep. 27, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Property, plant, and equipment		$121.4	$78.5
Accrued occupancy costs		98.4	58.8
Accrued compensation and related costs		81.7	75.3
Other accrued liabilities		49.0	27.6
Asset retainment obligation asset		29.0	18.6
Stored value card liability		99.1	63.4
Asset impairments		26.6	49.5
Tax credits		20.8	20.3
Stock-based compensation		135.5	131.5
Net operating losses		93.4	104.4
Litigation charge		931.0	1,002.0
Other		104.5	77.0
Total		1,790.0	1,706.9
Valuation allowance		(143.7)	(166.8
Total deferred ta asset, net of valuation allowance		1,646.3	1,540.1
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant, and equipment		(217.5)	(148.2)
Intangible assets and goodwill		(177.3)	(92.9)
Other		(114.1)	(89.4)
Total		(508.9)	(330.5)
Net deferred tax asset		$1,138.4	$1,209.6
Reported as:
Current deferred income tax assets		$381.7	$317.4
Long-term deferred income tax assets		828.9	903.3
Current deferred income tax liabilities (included in Accrued liabilities)		(5.4)	(4.2)
Long-term deferred income tax liabilities (included in Other long-term liabilities)		(67.8)	(6.9)
Net deferred tax assets		$1,137.4	$1,209.6

Required:

1. Provide a journal entry to record the aggregate income tax expense for the year ended September 27, 2015.
2. What amount of Starbucks income tax expense for the year ended September 27, 2015 was deferred? Did this deferred result in an increase in deferred tax liabilities or a decrease in deferred tax assets?
3. Estimate Starbucks earnings before taxes in the year ended September 27, 2015.
4. What tax policy or operating decision accounts for the majority of the divergence between Starbucks statutory tax rate and effective tax rate?
5. Forecast Starbucks effective tax rate for the year ended September 25, 2016.
6. Starbucks included in its tax note the following statement:

Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2013 was significantly affected by the litigation charge we recorded as a result of the conclusion of our arbitration with Kraft. In order to provide a more meaningful analysis of tax expense and the effective tax rate, the tables above present separate reconciliations of the effect of the litigation charge.

What was the pre-tax amount of the litigation charge taken in fiscal 2013?