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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 04, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
Income tax expense for the interim periods was computed using the tax rate estimated to be applicable for the full fiscal year, adjusted for discrete items. The Company’s effective income tax rate was a benefit of 11.7% for the three months ended May 4, 2019, compared to a benefit of 23.0% for the three months ended May 5, 2018. The change in the effective income tax rate during the three months ended May 4, 2019 was due primarily to the impact of discrete non-deductible expenses as compared to the same prior-year period and a shift in the distribution of earnings among the Company’s tax jurisdictions within the quarters of the current fiscal year.
In December 2017, the U.S. government enacted the Tax Reform, which significantly changed the U.S. corporate income tax laws, including lowering the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and requiring a one-time mandatory transition tax on accumulated foreign earnings. The Tax Reform also established new tax laws that were effective for calendar 2018, including but not limited to (i) a new provision designed to tax global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”), (ii) a general elimination of U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries, (iii) a limitation on deductible interest expense and (iv) limitations on the deductibility of certain executive compensation. Any income tax payable related to the transition tax is due over an eight-year period beginning in calendar 2018. Based on the Company’s interpretation of the Tax Reform, reasonable estimates were made to record provisional adjustments during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018. During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company completed the preparation of its U.S. federal tax return for fiscal 2018 and concluded, based on the additional information that had become available, that no transition tax was due with respect to the Tax Reform. As a result, during the third quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company reversed a portion of provisional amounts initially recorded during the three months ended February 3, 2018 and recorded a benefit of $19.6 million. On November 28, 2018, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced a proposed regulation to revise the section of the underlying IRS code which gave rise to the Company’s change in the provisional calculation. In the event such proposed legislation is passed in the future, the Company could have tax liabilities of approximately $25.8 million. Therefore, the Company accrued such amount in the fourth quarter of 2019. The balance related to this transition tax included in other long-term liabilities was $25.8 million as of May 4, 2019 and February 2, 2019.
From time-to-time, the Company is subject to routine income tax audits on various tax matters around the world in the ordinary course of business. As of May 4, 2019, several income tax audits were underway for various periods in multiple jurisdictions. The Company accrues an amount for its estimate of additional income tax liability which the Company, more likely than not, will incur as a result of the ultimate resolution of income tax audits (“uncertain tax positions”). The Company reviews and updates the estimates used in the accrual for uncertain tax positions as more definitive information becomes available from taxing authorities, upon completion of tax audits, upon expiration of statutes of limitation, or upon occurrence of other events.
The Company had aggregate accruals for uncertain tax positions, including penalties and interest, of $38.7 million and $41.4 million as of May 4, 2019 and February 2, 2019, respectively.