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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate was 24.0 percent for the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2018, compared with 37.1 percent for the thirteen weeks ended October 28, 2017. The effective income tax rate was 24.0 percent for the thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018, compared with 38.2 percent for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 28, 2017. The decrease in the effective tax rates was primarily due to the reduction in the U.S. federal statutory tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”), and measurement period adjustments to reduce our fiscal 2017 estimated net charge for the effects of the TCJA, offset by increases in unrecognized tax benefits recorded in connection with examinations by taxing authorities.
On December 22, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 118 to address the application of FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, in reporting periods that include December 22, 2017. SAB No. 118, codified under ASU 2018-05 in March 2018, permits organizations to report provisional amounts during a measurement period for the specific income tax effects of the TCJA for which the accounting under ASC Topic 740 will be incomplete but a reasonable estimate can be determined. The measurement period ends when an organization has obtained, prepared and analyzed the information needed to complete the accounting requirements under ASC Topic 740, not to extend beyond one year from the enactment date of the TCJA.
During the fourteen weeks ended February 3, 2018, we recorded an estimated net charge of $57 million for the effects of the enactment of TCJA, primarily due to the impact of the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of foreign income and the impact of TCJA on deferred tax assets and liabilities.
During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018, we recorded a $33 million measurement period adjustment to reduce our fiscal 2017 provisional estimated net charge related to the transition tax and recorded certain immaterial measurement period adjustments to reduce our fiscal 2017 provisional estimated impact of the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities to reflect the TCJA rate reduction.
We will continue to evaluate the TCJA and interpret additional guidance issued by the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), including the proposed regulations regarding the computation of the one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of foreign income and the proposed regulations regarding the deduction of certain executive compensation. In accordance with SAB No. 118, we will complete our accounting for the tax effects of the TCJA during fiscal 2018 and adjustments to our provisional estimated net charge may materially impact our provision for income taxes and effective tax rate for fiscal 2018.
The TCJA includes a provision to tax global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) of foreign subsidiaries, a base erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) measure that taxes certain payments between a U.S. corporation and its subsidiaries, and favorable tax treatment for certain Foreign Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”), effective for us beginning fiscal 2018. Our provisional estimates for GILTI, BEAT, and FDII do not materially impact our effective income tax rate for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 3, 2018.
The Company conducts business globally, and as a result, files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, we are subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world, including such major jurisdictions as the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and India. We are no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for fiscal years before 2009, and with few exceptions, we are also no longer subject to U.S. state, local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations for fiscal years before 2008.
The Company is in continual discussions with taxing authorities regarding tax matters in the various U.S. and foreign jurisdictions in the normal course of business. As of November 3, 2018, it is reasonably possible that we will recognize a decrease in gross unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months of up to $4 million, primarily due to the closing of audits. If we do recognize such a decrease in gross unrecognized tax benefits, the net impact on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income would not be material.