INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Aug. 04, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended August 4, 2019 and August 5, 2018 were 13.3% and 18.6%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the twenty-six weeks ended August 4, 2019 and August 5, 2018 were 16.3% and 17.8%, respectively.

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 4, 2019 were lower than the United States statutory income tax rate primarily due to (i) the favorable impact of a tax exemption on the noncash gain recorded to write up the Company’s equity investments in Gazal and PVH Australia to fair value in connection with the Australia acquisition, which resulted in a benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 4, 2019 of 13.7% and 8.5%, respectively, partially offset by (ii) the tax on foreign earnings in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of foreign corporations (known as “GILTI”) imposed by the United States Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which more than offset the benefit of overall lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns.

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 5, 2018 were lower than the United States statutory income tax rate, primarily due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns.

The Company files income tax returns in more than 40 international jurisdictions each year. A substantial amount of the Company’s earnings comes from international operations, particularly in the Netherlands and Hong Kong, where income tax rates, coupled with special rates levied on income from certain of the Company’s jurisdictional activities, are lower than the United States statutory income tax rate.