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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 01, 2021
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 15  Income Taxes

The Company’s consolidated effective tax rate can vary considerably from period to period, depending on a number of factors.  The Company’s consolidated effective tax rates were 35.5% and 19.9% for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021 and May 2, 2020, respectively.  The higher tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021 primarily reflects the non-deductibility of losses at the Company’s Canadian division, which were driven by exit-related costs associated with Naturalizer retail stores.  The tax rate was partially offset by discrete tax benefits totaling $1.2 million.  During the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2020, the Company's effective tax rate was impacted by several discrete tax items, including the non-deductibility of a portion of the Company's intangible asset impairment charges, the provision of a valuation allowance related to net deferred tax assets of its Canadian business division and the incremental tax provision related to share-based compensation.  

As of May 1, 2021, no deferred taxes have been provided on the accumulated unremitted earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries that are not subject to United States income tax, beyond the amounts recorded for the one-time transition tax for the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings, as required by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Company periodically evaluates its foreign investment opportunities and plans, as well as its foreign working capital needs, to determine the level of investment required and, accordingly, determines the level of foreign earnings that is considered indefinitely reinvested. Based upon that evaluation, earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries that are not otherwise subject to United States taxation are considered to be indefinitely reinvested, and accordingly, deferred taxes have not been provided. If changes occur in future investment opportunities and plans, those changes will be reflected when known and may result in providing residual United States deferred taxes on unremitted foreign earnings.