Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2016

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

The provision for income taxes from continuing operations was comprised of the following:



(In thousands)	2015			2014			2013
Current:
U.S. Federal	$	73,421		$	74,235		$	81,270
U.S. State and local	10,660			12,840			14,506
Total current tax expense	84,081			87,075			95,776
Deferred:
U.S. Federal	56			(2,022		)	(8,275		)
U.S. State and local	(295		)	186			(1,986		)
Total deferred tax expense	(239		)	(1,836		)	(10,261		)
Income tax provision	$	83,842		$	85,239		$	85,515

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

Reconciliation between the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective income tax rate for continuing operations was as follows:



	2015		2014		2013
Statutory federal income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Effect of:
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	3.0		3.8		3.6
Work opportunity tax and other employment tax credits	(1.1	)	(0.7	)	(1.0	)
Valuation allowance	—		—		—
Other, net	0.1		0.3		0.1
Effective income tax rate	37.0	%	38.4	%	37.7	%

Schedule of Income Taxes Paid [Table Text Block]

Income tax payments and refunds were as follows:



(In thousands)	2015			2014			2013
Income taxes paid	$	56,158		$	69,919		$	122,672
Income taxes refunded	(818		)	(135		)	(551		)
Net income taxes paid	$	55,340		$	69,784		$	122,121

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

Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:



(In thousands)	January 30, 2016			January 31, 2015
Deferred tax assets:
Workers’ compensation and other insurance reserves	$	33,531		$	32,242
Compensation related	31,478			28,047
Accrued rent	23,540			26,283
Uniform inventory capitalization	18,488			17,649
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences	10,523			9,972
Pension plans	7,815			9,086
Accrued state taxes	7,119			6,869
State tax credits, net of federal tax benefit	4,253			4,048
Accrued operating liabilities	2,189			1,751
Other	19,775			20,099
Valuation allowances	(2,419		)	(2,373		)
Total deferred tax assets	156,292			153,673
Deferred tax liabilities:
Accelerated depreciation and fixed asset basis differences	70,698			67,299
Lease construction reimbursements	15,602			15,317
Prepaid expenses	6,625			6,247
Workers’ compensation and other insurance reserves	4,329			4,203
Other	11,299			14,314
Total deferred tax liabilities	108,553			107,380
Net deferred tax assets	$	47,739		$	46,293

Summary of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Table Text Block]

We have the following income tax loss and credit carryforwards at January 30, 2016 (amounts are shown net of tax excluding the federal income tax effect of the state and local items):



(In thousands)
U.S. State and local:
State net operating loss carryforwards	$	82	Expires fiscal years 2020 through 2025
California enterprise zone credits	6,245		Predominately expires fiscal year 2023
Other state credits	298		Expires fiscal years through 2025
Total income tax loss and credit carryforwards	$	6,625

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

The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for 2015, 2014, and 2013:



(In thousands)	2015			2014			2013
Unrecognized tax benefits - beginning of year	$	14,922		$	16,650		$	16,019
Gross increases - tax positions in current year	939			898			991
Gross increases - tax positions in prior period	872			820			1,247
Gross decreases - tax positions in prior period	(430		)	(2,418		)	(532		)
Settlements	(732		)	(488		)	(4		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(1,799		)	(566		)	(949		)
Foreign currency translation	—			26			(122		)
Unrecognized tax benefits - end of year	$	13,772		$	14,922		$	16,650