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Accounting for Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 01, 2014
ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
Accounting for Income Taxes
ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES
The Company conducts business throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands and, as a result, files income tax returns in the U.S. Federal and various state jurisdictions, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. In the normal course of business the Company is subject to examinations in these jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal, state, local or Puerto Rico income tax examinations for fiscal years prior to 2008. State and foreign income tax returns are generally subject to examination for a period of three to five years after filing of the respective return. The state impact of any Federal changes remains subject to examination by various states for a period of up to one year after formal notification to the states.
On April 18, 2012, the Company completed a non-taxable acquisition of Parlux. As part of the acquisition, the Company recorded various deferred tax liabilities related to the acquisition accounting resulting in an increase in goodwill. Due to the change in control of Parlux, there may be limitations, under Internal Revenue Code Section 382, on the Company's ability to utilize Parlux's net operating losses. The limitation is not anticipated to be significant.
The Company continues to provide a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty as to when business conditions will improve sufficiently to enable it to utilize its deferred tax assets. As a result, the Company did not record a Federal or state tax benefit on its operating loss for the thirteen or thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2014.
During the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended November 1, 2014, there were no changes to the liability for income tax associated with uncertain tax positions. The Company accrues interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as well as any related penalties in operating expenses in its condensed consolidated statements of operations, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods. The accrual for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as of November 1, 2014 and February 1, 2014 was not significant.
The Company does not anticipate any material adjustments relating to unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months; however, the ultimate outcome of tax matters is uncertain and unforeseen results can occur.
On April 15, 2014, the Company filed a request with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to change its tax year from June 30 to a fifty-two/fifty-three week year ending on the Saturday closest to January 31, which will correspond with its accounting year-end. On June 2, 2014, the IRS notified the Company that the Company’s request to change its tax year has been accepted. The Company filed a short-period return for the period July 1, 2013 through February 1, 2014 in October 2014.