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Pension Plans and Other Retirement Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Nov. 02, 2013
Financial Information Related to Funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plan and Unfunded Supplemental Retirement Plan | Presented below is financial information related to TJX’s funded defined benefit retirement plan (funded plan) and its unfunded supplemental retirement plan (unfunded plan) for the periods shown.
|  | Funded Plan |  |  | Unfunded Plan |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |
|  | November 2, |  |  | October 27, |  |  | November 2, |  |  | October 27, |
In thousands |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Service cost |  | $ | 10,919 |  |  | $ | 11,709 |  |  | $ | 245 |  |  | $ | 407 |
Interest cost |  |  | 10,758 |  |  |  | 10,856 |  |  |  | 650 |  |  |  | 609 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (16,108 | ) |  |  | (13,216 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Recognized actuarial losses |  |  | 7,009 |  |  |  | 4,926 |  |  |  | 1,041 |  |  |  | 894 |
Expense related to current period |  |  | 12,578 |  |  |  | 14,275 |  |  |  | 1,936 |  |  |  | 1,911 |
Correction of prior years pension accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,317 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total expense |  | $ | 12,578 |  |  | $ | 36,592 |  |  | $ | 1,936 |  |  | $ | 1,911 |
|  | Funded Plan |  |  | Unfunded Plan |
|  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |
|  | November 2, |  |  | October 27, |  |  | November 2, |  |  | October 27, |
In thousands |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Service cost |  | $ | 33,467 |  |  | $ | 31,359 |  |  | $ | 1,287 |  |  | $ | 1,086 |
Interest cost |  |  | 33,408 |  |  |  | 31,381 |  |  |  | 1,835 |  |  |  | 1,749 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (45,355 | ) |  |  | (41,068 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 |
Recognized actuarial losses |  |  | 20,846 |  |  |  | 19,121 |  |  |  | 2,163 |  |  |  | 1,844 |
Expense related to current period |  |  | 42,366 |  |  |  | 40,793 |  |  |  | 5,287 |  |  |  | 4,681 |
Correction of prior years pension accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,317 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total expense |  | $ | 42,366 |  |  | $ | 63,110 |  |  | $ | 5,287 |  |  | $ | 4,681 |

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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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