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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Aug. 03, 2013
Financial Information Related to Funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plan and Unfunded Supplemental Pension Plan | Presented below is financial information related to TJX’s funded defined benefit retirement plan (funded plan) and its unfunded supplemental pension plan (unfunded plan) for the periods shown.
|  | Funded Plan |  |  | Unfunded Plan |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |
|  | August 3, |  |  | July 28, |  |  | August 3, |  |  | July 28, |
In thousands |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Service cost |  | $ | 11,274 |  |  | $ | 9,825 |  |  | $ | 521 |  |  | $ | 339 |
Interest cost |  |  | 11,325 |  |  |  | 10,263 |  |  |  | 593 |  |  |  | 570 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (14,624 | ) |  |  | (13,926 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Recognized actuarial losses |  |  | 6,919 |  |  |  | 7,097 |  |  |  | 560 |  |  |  | 475 |
Total expense |  | $ | 14,894 |  |  | $ | 13,259 |  |  | $ | 1,675 |  |  | $ | 1,385 |
|  | Funded Plan |  |  | Unfunded Plan |
|  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended |  |  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended |
|  | August 3, |  |  | July 28, |  |  | August 3, |  |  | July 28, |
In thousands |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Service cost |  | $ | 22,548 |  |  | $ | 19,651 |  |  | $ | 1,042 |  |  | $ | 679 |
Interest cost |  |  | 22,650 |  |  |  | 20,525 |  |  |  | 1,186 |  |  |  | 1,140 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (29,247 | ) |  |  | (27,853 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |
Recognized actuarial losses |  |  | 13,837 |  |  |  | 14,195 |  |  |  | 1,120 |  |  |  | 950 |
Total expense |  | $ | 29,788 |  |  | $ | 26,518 |  |  | $ | 3,350 |  |  | $ | 2,771 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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