Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 03, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

For financial reporting purposes, components of income before income taxes are as follows:

	Fiscal Year
($ in millions)	2017		2016			2015
United States	$	1,301	$	1,191		$	1,401
Foreign	123		(67		)	70
Income before income taxes	$	1,424	$	1,124		$	1,471

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

	Fiscal Year
($ in millions)	2017			2016			2015
Current:
Federal	$	415		$	405		$	418
State	51			47			25
Foreign	49			50			7
Total current	515			502			450
Deferred:
Federal	55			(41		)	99
State	(5		)	(5		)	12
Foreign	11			(8		)	(10		)
Total deferred	61			(54		)	101
Total provision	$	576		$	448		$	551

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory tax rate is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2017		2016		2015
Federal statutory tax rate	33.7	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit	4.0		3.7		2.5
Tax impact of foreign operations	(1.1	)	4.5		0.3
Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	4.0		—		—
Excess foreign tax credits	(0.7	)	(5.0	)	—
Non-deductible goodwill impairment charge	—		2.2		—
Other	0.5		(0.5	)	(0.3	)
Effective tax rate	40.4	%	39.9	%	37.5	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following:

($ in millions)	February 3, 2018			January 28, 2017
Gross deferred tax assets:
Deferred rent	$	125		$	164
Accrued payroll and related benefits	55			98
Accruals	100			112
Inventory capitalization and other adjustments	23			55
Deferred income	32			57
Unrealized net loss on cash flow hedges	4			—
Federal, state, and foreign net operating losses	64			65
Other	36			48
Total gross deferred tax assets	439			599
Valuation allowance	(151		)	(133		)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	288			466
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(79		)	(140		)
Unremitted earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries	(4		)	(58		)
Unrealized net gain on cash flow hedges	—			(11		)
Other	(8		)	(8		)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(91		)	(217		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	197		$	249

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

The activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits is as follows: 

	Fiscal Year
($ in millions)	2017			2016			2015
Balance at beginning of fiscal year	$	44		$	47		$	75
Increases related to current year tax positions	48			4			3
Prior year tax positions:
Increases	28			3			6
Decreases	(2		)	(5		)	(34		)
Lapse of Statute of Limitations	(1		)	—			—
Cash settlements	—			(5		)	(3		)
Foreign currency translation	1			—			—
Balance at end of fiscal year	$	118		$	44		$	47