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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
May 04, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The Company computes income taxes using the liability method. This method requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities, measured by enacted rates, attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities. The Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised largely of differences relating to depreciation and amortization, rent expense, inventory, stock-based compensation, and various accruals and reserves.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the First Quarter 2019 was (35.0)% compared to (38.6)% during the First Quarter 2018. The effective tax rate was higher during the First Quarter 2019 primarily as a result of a decrease in excess tax benefits related to the vesting of equity shares. The excess tax benefits decreased from approximately $14.2 million in the First Quarter 2018 to $2.1 million in the First Quarter 2019.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“the Tax Act”), which required U.S. companies to pay a mandatory one-time transition tax on historical offshore earnings that have not been repatriated to the U.S. While the Company is no longer permanently reinvested to the extent earnings were subject to the transition tax under the Tax Act, no additional income taxes have been provided on any earnings subsequent to the transition or for any additional outside basis differences inherent in these entities, as these amounts continue to be permanently reinvested in foreign operations. Determining the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to any additional outside basis differences in these entities (i.e., basis differences in excess of that subject to the one-time transition tax) is not practicable.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in provision for income taxes. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of May 4, 2019, February 2, 2019, and May 5, 2018 were $5.0 million, $5.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively, and is included within non-current liabilities. The Company recognized less than $0.1 million in each of the First Quarter 2019 and the First Quarter 2018, respectively, of additional interest expense related to its unrecognized tax benefits. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in provision for income taxes.