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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2020 and August 4, 2019 were (53.0)% and 13.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2020 reflected a $17.9 million income tax expense recorded on $(33.8) million of pre-tax losses. The effective income tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended August 4, 2019 reflected a $29.7 million income tax expense recorded on $222.8 million of pre-tax income.
The effective income tax rates for the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020 and August 4, 2019 were 9.8% and 16.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020 reflected a $(124.5) million income tax benefit recorded on $(1,273.4) million of pre-tax losses. The effective income tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended August 4, 2019 reflected a $53.3 million income tax expense recorded on $328.0 million of pre-tax income.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020 were lower than the United States statutory income tax rate primarily due to (i) the impact of the $879.0 million of pre-tax goodwill impairment charges recorded during the first quarter of 2020, which were mostly non-deductible for tax purposes and factored into the Company’s annualized effective income tax rate, and resulted in a decrease to the Company’s effective income tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2020 of 14.6% and 9.8%, respectively, (ii) the tax on foreign earnings in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of foreign corporations (known as “GILTI”) and (iii) the mix of foreign and domestic pre-tax results, as well as the distortive impact of these items on the effective income tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2020 as a result of the small pre-tax loss during the period.

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 effects of GILTI, which more than offset 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 are in international jurisdictions, particularly 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.