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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2011
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 7 – INCOME TAXES
 
In the first quarter of 2011, unrecognized tax benefits decreased by approximately $9.1 million related to our claims for welfare to work and work opportunity credits, which claims have either lapsed or are unlikely to be realized due to a recent unfavorable decision of US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit against a similarly situated taxpayer.  Our right to file a refund claim with respect to approximately $1.9 million of the credits lapsed in March 2011 and our right to file a refund claim with respect to approximately $3.0 million of the credits will lapse over the next 20 months.  Our right to file a refund claim with respect to approximately $4.2 million of the credits may never lapse because the IRS has not issued a statutory notice of disallowance with respect to those claims; however, because our claims are unlikely to prevail in a different jurisdiction, we have decided not to pursue them.  Therefore, we are reducing our unrecognized tax benefits by the entire amount of the claims.  Because these benefits were unrecognized, the decrease will have no effect on income tax expense.
 
We have estimated the reasonably possible expected net change in unrecognized tax benefits through April 28, 2012, based on 1) anticipated positions taken in the next 12 months, 2) expected cash and noncash settlements or payments of uncertain tax positions, and 3) lapses of the applicable statutes of limitations for unrecognized tax benefits.  The estimated net decrease in unrecognized tax benefits for the next 12 months is approximately $7.0 million.  Actual results may differ materially from this estimate.