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Summary of Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2013
Summary of Net Interest Expense | Interest: TJX’s interest expense is presented as a net amount. The following is a summary of net interest expense:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
Dollars in thousands |  | February 2, 2013 |  |  | January 28, 2012 |  |  | January 29, 2011 |
|  | (53 weeks) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | $ | 48,582 |  |  | $ | 49,276 |  |  | $ | 49,014 |
Capitalized interest |  |  | (7,750 | ) |  |  | (2,593 | ) |  |  | — |
Interest (income) |  |  | (11,657 | ) |  |  | (11,035 | ) |  |  | (9,877 | )
Interest expense, net |  | $ | 29,175 |  |  | $ | 35,648 |  |  | $ | 39,137 |
Summary of Long-Lived Assets By Geographic Location | Long-Lived Assets: Information related to carrying values of TJX’s long-lived assets by geographic location is presented below:
Dollars in thousands |  | February 2, 2013 |  |  | January 28, 2012 |  |  | January 29, 2011 |
United States |  | $ | 2,350,539 |  |  | $ | 1,879,176 |  |  | $ | 1,657,090 |
Canada |  |  | 237,232 |  |  |  | 220,522 |  |  |  | 210,693 |
Europe |  |  | 635,471 |  |  |  | 615,427 |  |  |  | 592,999 |
Total long-lived assets |  | $ | 3,223,242 |  |  | $ | 2,715,125 |  |  | $ | 2,460,782 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries in which material long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets are located, and amount of such long-lived assets located in that country or foreign geographic area. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 38 -Subparagraph b -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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