Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	8. Income Taxes Since the end of fiscal 2014, the Company has maintained a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. While the Company has projected it will return to profitability, generate taxable income and ultimately emerge from a three-year cumulative loss, the Company believes that a full valuation allowance remains appropriate at this time, based on the Company’s forecast for fiscal 2020. Realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income in the near term. At October 31, 2020, the Company had total deferred tax assets of $106.2 million, total deferred tax liabilities of $44.5 million and a valuation allowance of $61.7 million. As of October 31, 2020, for federal income tax purposes, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of $158.2 million, which will expire from fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2036 and net operating loss carryforwards of $42.1 million that are not subject to expiration. For state income tax purposes, the Company has $118.0 million of net operating losses that are available to offset future taxable income, which will expire from fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2040. Additionally, the Company has $4.1 million of net operating loss carryforwards related to the Company’s operations in Canada, which will expire from fiscal 2025 through fiscal 2040. The Company’s financial statements reflect the expected future tax consequences of uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take on a tax return, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The liability for unrecognized tax benefits at October 31, 2020 was approximately $2.0 million and was associated with a prior tax position related to exiting the Company’s direct business in Europe during fiscal 2013. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits has been presented as a reduction in the reported amounts of the Company’s federal and state net operating losses carryforwards. No penalties or interest have been accrued on this liability because the carryforwards have not yet been utilized. The reversal of this liability would result in a tax benefit being recognized in the period in which the Company determines the liability is no longer necessary. In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, ("CARES Act") was signed into law. This law includes several taxpayer favorable provisions which may impact the Company including relaxed interest expense limitations, a carryback of net operating losses, permitted accelerated depreciation on certain store build out costs and allowance for the deferral of employer FICA taxes. The CARES Act also included an Employee Retention Credit, which provided the Company with a $1.3 million refundable tax credit during the first nine months of fiscal 2020. The refundable tax credit allowed eligible employers to receive a 50% tax credit for each employee up to $10,000 in wages and other eligible expenses. This credit only impacts payroll taxes, which are recorded in pre-tax income and has no impact on the income tax provision. In addition, it provided for the accelerated payment of any refundable alternative minimum tax credit (“AMT”). Accordingly, during the first nine months of fiscal 2020, the Company received $1.1 million for its refundable AMT receivable. The discrete tax rate method was used for calculating tax expense for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019. The net tax provision for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020, primarily related to certain states’ margin tax. The Company’s net tax benefit for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019 was the result of the deferred tax impact of $70,000 and $151,000, respectively, in other comprehensive income (loss), which resulted in a corresponding decrease in valuation allowance. This income tax benefit was partially offset by tax expense, primarily for certain states’ margin tax.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

8. Income Taxes

Since the end of fiscal 2014, the Company has maintained a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets. While the Company has projected it will return to profitability, generate taxable income and ultimately emerge from a three-year cumulative loss, the Company believes that a full valuation allowance remains appropriate at this time, based on the Company’s forecast for fiscal 2020. Realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income in the near term. At October 31, 2020, the Company had total deferred tax assets of $106.2 million, total deferred tax liabilities of $44.5 million and a valuation allowance of $61.7 million.

As of October 31, 2020, for federal income tax purposes, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of $158.2 million, which will expire from fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2036 and net operating loss carryforwards of $42.1 million that are not subject to expiration. For state income tax purposes, the Company has $118.0 million of net operating losses that are available to offset future taxable income, which will expire from fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2040. Additionally, the Company has $4.1 million of net operating loss carryforwards related to the Company’s operations in Canada, which will expire from fiscal 2025 through fiscal 2040.

The Company’s financial statements reflect the expected future tax consequences of uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take on a tax return, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. The liability for unrecognized tax benefits at October 31, 2020 was approximately $2.0 million and was associated with a prior tax position related to exiting the Company’s direct business in Europe during fiscal 2013. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits has been presented as a reduction in the reported amounts of the Company’s federal and state net operating losses carryforwards. No penalties or interest have been accrued on this liability because the carryforwards have not yet been utilized. The reversal of this liability would result in a tax benefit being recognized in the period in which the Company determines the liability is no longer necessary.

In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, ("CARES Act") was signed into law. This law includes several taxpayer favorable provisions which may impact the Company including relaxed interest expense limitations, a carryback of net operating losses, permitted accelerated depreciation on certain store build out costs and allowance for the deferral of employer FICA taxes. The CARES Act also included an Employee Retention Credit, which provided the Company with a $1.3 million refundable tax credit during the first nine months of fiscal 2020. The refundable tax credit allowed eligible employers to receive a 50% tax credit for each employee up to $10,000 in wages and other eligible expenses. This credit only impacts payroll taxes, which are recorded in pre-tax income and has no impact on the income tax provision. In addition, it provided for the accelerated payment of any refundable alternative minimum tax credit (“AMT”). Accordingly, during the first nine months of fiscal 2020, the Company received $1.1 million for its refundable AMT receivable.

The discrete tax rate method was used for calculating tax expense for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019. The net tax provision for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2020, primarily related to certain states’ margin tax. The Company’s net tax benefit for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2019 was the result of the deferred tax impact of $70,000 and $151,000, respectively, in other comprehensive income (loss), which resulted in a corresponding decrease in valuation allowance. This income tax benefit was partially offset by tax expense, primarily for certain states’ margin tax.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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