Income Taxes (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 28, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure

INCOME TAXES

In Q1 2021, the U.S. government enacted tax legislation to provide economic stimulus and support to businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, referred to as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act"). In connection with our analysis of the impact of the CARES Act, we recorded a net tax benefit of $3.9 during the six months ended August 28, 2020, driven primarily by provisions within the CARES Act which enable companies to carry back tax losses to years prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act when the federal statutory income tax rate was 35%.

We have historically calculated the provision for income tax expense (benefit) during interim periods by applying an estimate of the annualized effective tax rate for the full fiscal year to the pre-tax income (loss) for the year-to-date period. In Q1 2021, we utilized the year-to-date actual effective tax rate to calculate our income tax expense (benefit), as we determined that it was the most reliable estimate of the annual effective tax rate. In Q2 2021, as a result of improved pre-tax income, we applied the estimated annualized effective tax rate for the fiscal year to pre-tax income for the year-to-date period to calculate our income tax expense. The effective tax rate for Q2 2021 was 33.0% compared to an effective tax rate of 26.3% in Q2 2020.