Income Taxes
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Oct. 29, 2011
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Income Taxes [Abstract] | |
INCOME TAXES | 11. INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate adjusted to reflect the impact of items discrete to the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2011. The effective tax rate from continuing operations for the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2011 was 35.8% compared to 35.6% for the thirteen weeks ended October 30, 2010. The effective tax rate from continuing operations for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2011 was 34.3% compared to 32.1% for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2010.
Cash payments of income taxes made during the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010 were approximately $6.2 million and $11.8 million, respectively. Cash payments of income taxes made during the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2011 and October 30, 2010 were approximately $107.8 million and $29.7 million, respectively. |