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2315301 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES (Tables)
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Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-31 - 2017-01-28
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign
Income (loss) before taxes was comprised of:
(in thousands)
Fiscal 2016
 
Fiscal 2015
 
Fiscal 2014
Domestic
$
(52,041
)
 
$
8,412

 
$
100,115

Foreign
48,563

 
46,178

 
(961
)
Income (loss) before taxes
$
(3,478
)
 
$
54,590

 
$
99,154

 
 
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
Income tax (benefit) expense consisted of:
(in thousands)
Fiscal 2016
 
Fiscal 2015
 
Fiscal 2014
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
(18,888
)
 
$
(3,124
)
 
$
21,287

State
(74
)
 
(434
)
 
1,944

Foreign
15,633

 
12,120

 
28,614

 
(3,329
)
 
8,562

 
51,845

Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
(5,787
)
 
9,224

 
8,971

State
(346
)
 
3,297

 
1,783

Foreign
(1,734
)
 
(5,052
)
 
(15,266
)
 
(7,867
)
 
7,469

 
(4,512
)
Income tax (benefit) expense
$
(11,196
)
 
$
16,031

 
$
47,333

 
 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
Reconciliation between the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective tax rate is as follows:
 
Fiscal 2016(1)
 
Fiscal 2015
 
Fiscal 2014
U.S. Federal income tax rate
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
 
35.0
 %
State income tax, net of U.S. federal income tax effect
5.0

 
4.6

 
4.3

Foreign taxation of non-U.S. operations
248.9

 
(10.2
)
 
5.4

U.S. taxation of non-U.S. operations(2)

(212.6
)
 
20.0

 

Net change in valuation allowances
(16.5
)
 
(8.7
)
 
6.6

Audit and other adjustments to prior years’ accruals
(0.1
)
 
(8.7
)
 
(1.3
)
Statutory tax rate and law changes
94.3

 
4.2

 
0.2

Permanent items
122.3

 
(4.6
)
 
(1.1
)
Credit items
43.8

 
(2.3
)
 
(1.2
)
Other items, net
1.8

 
0.1

 
(0.2
)
Total
321.9
 %
 
29.4
 %
 
47.7
 %


(1) 
Given the low level of income in absolute dollars in Fiscal 2016, effective tax rate reconciling items that may have been considered de minimis in prior years in terms of absolute dollars and on a percentage basis are amplified on a percentage basis in the current year even as the absolute dollar value of the reconciling items are similar to prior years. Accordingly, year over year comparability may be difficult as a result of the amplifying effect of the lower levels of income.
(2) 
U.S. branch operations in Canada and Puerto Rico are subject to tax at the full U.S. tax rates. As a result, income from these operations do not create reconciling items.
 
 
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The effect of temporary differences which gives rise to deferred income tax assets (liabilities) were as follows:
(in thousands)
January 28, 2017
 
January 30, 2016
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
Deferred compensation
$
54,552

 
$
62,679

Accrued expenses and reserves
13,168

 
19,862

Rent
33,917

 
36,929

Net operating losses (NOL), tax credit and other carryforwards
26,812

 
14,248

Investments in subsidiaries
8,791

 
2,895

Other
3,030

 
619

Valuation allowances
(2,429
)
 
(1,643
)
Total deferred tax assets
$
137,841

 
$
135,589

Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
Property, equipment and intangibles
$
(20,177
)
 
$
(20,708
)
Inventory
(11,955
)
 
(9,480
)
Store supplies
(4,892
)
 
(6,054
)
Prepaid expenses
(3,262
)
 
(3,653
)
Undistributed net income of non-U.S. subsidiaries
(5,609
)
 
(4,390
)
Other
(950
)
 
(1,011
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(46,845
)
 
(45,296
)
Net deferred income tax assets
$
90,996

 
$
90,293

 
 
Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of uncertain tax positions is as follows:
(in thousands)
Fiscal 2016
 
Fiscal 2015
 
Fiscal 2014
Uncertain tax positions, beginning of the year
$
2,455

 
$
3,212

 
$
4,182

Gross addition for tax positions of the current year
67

 
13

 
152

Gross addition for tax positions of prior years
19

 
598

 
33

Reductions of tax positions of prior years for:
 
 
 
 
 
Lapses of applicable statutes of limitations
(1,211
)
 
(986
)
 
(348
)
Settlements during the period
(40
)
 
(64
)
 
(4
)
Changes in judgment/ excess reserve
(51
)
 
(318
)
 
(803
)
Uncertain tax positions, end of year
$
1,239

 
$
2,455

 
$
3,212