Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2018
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for quarterly events. The Company’s quarterly effective tax rate does not reflect a benefit associated with losses related to certain foreign subsidiaries. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "TCJA") was enacted into law. The legislation significantly changes U.S. tax law by, among other things, lowering corporate income tax rates and imposing a repatriation tax on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries. The TCJA reduces the U.S. corporate income tax rate from a maximum of 35% to a flat 21% rate, effective January 1, 2018. For the third quarter of 2018, the Company’s effective tax rate was (3.9)% compared to 36.1% in the third quarter of 2017. Absent the Victoria's Secret impairment charges in the U.K. and Canada, which generate no tax benefit, the adjusted tax rate would have been 25.1%, which would be generally consistent with the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate. The third quarter 2017 rate was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters. For year-to-date 2018, the Company's effective tax rate was 29.0% compared to 32.2% year-to-date 2017. Absent the Victoria's Secret impairment charges in the U.K. and Canada, which generate no tax benefit, the adjusted tax rate would be 22.6%, which would be lower than the Company's combined estimated federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters. The year-to-date 2017 rate was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the recognition of tax benefits resulting from stock options exercised. On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) to address the application of GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the TCJA. The ultimate impact may differ from provisional amounts, due to changes in interpretations and assumptions the Company has made regarding application of the TCJA as well as additional regulatory guidance that may be issued. Any adjustments made to the provisional amounts under SAB 118 should be recorded as discrete adjustments in the period identified (not to extend beyond the one-year measurement provided in SAB 118). Through the third quarter of 2018, the Company did not make any adjustments to its provisional amounts included in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended February 3, 2018. The accounting is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018. Income taxes paid were $40 million and $141 million for the third quarter of 2018 and 2017, respectively. Income taxes paid were $306 million and $461 million for year-to-date 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for quarterly events. The Company’s quarterly effective tax rate does not reflect a benefit associated with losses related to certain foreign subsidiaries.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "TCJA") was enacted into law. The legislation significantly changes U.S. tax law by, among other things, lowering corporate income tax rates and imposing a repatriation tax on deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries. The TCJA reduces the U.S. corporate income tax rate from a maximum of 35% to a flat 21% rate, effective January 1, 2018.

For the third quarter of 2018, the Company’s effective tax rate was (3.9)% compared to 36.1% in the third quarter of 2017. Absent the Victoria's Secret impairment charges in the U.K. and Canada, which generate no tax benefit, the adjusted tax rate would have been 25.1%, which would be generally consistent with the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate. The third quarter 2017 rate was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters.

For year-to-date 2018, the Company's effective tax rate was 29.0% compared to 32.2% year-to-date 2017. Absent the Victoria's Secret impairment charges in the U.K. and Canada, which generate no tax benefit, the adjusted tax rate would be 22.6%, which would be lower than the Company's combined estimated federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters. The year-to-date 2017 rate was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the recognition of tax benefits resulting from stock options exercised.

On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) to address the application of GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the TCJA. The ultimate impact may differ from provisional amounts, due to changes in interpretations and assumptions the Company has made regarding application of the TCJA as well as additional regulatory guidance that may be issued. Any adjustments made to the provisional amounts under SAB 118 should be recorded as discrete adjustments in the period identified (not to extend beyond the one-year measurement provided in SAB 118). Through the third quarter of 2018, the Company did not make any adjustments to its provisional amounts included in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended February 3, 2018. The accounting is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Income taxes paid were $40 million and $141 million for the third quarter of 2018 and 2017, respectively. Income taxes paid were $306 million and $461 million for year-to-date 2018 and 2017, respectively.