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Summary of Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2014
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 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |  |  | January 28, 2012 |
|  | (53 weeks) |
Interest expense |  | $ | 57,084 |  |  | $ | 48,582 |  |  | $ | 49,276 |
Capitalized interest |  |  | (10,993 | ) |  |  | (7,750 | ) |  |  | (2,593) |
Interest (income) |  |  | (15,010 | ) |  |  | (11,657 | ) |  |  | (11,035) |
Interest expense, net |  | $ | 31,081 |  |  | $ | 29,175 |  |  | $ | 35,648 |
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:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
Dollars in thousands |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |  |  | January 28, 2012 |
United States |  | $ | 2,693,670 |  |  | $ | 2,350,539 |  |  | $ | 1,879,176 |
Canada |  |  | 214,459 |  |  |  | 237,232 |  |  |  | 220,522 |
Europe |  |  | 686,372 |  |  |  | 635,471 |  |  |  | 615,427 |
Total long-lived assets |  | $ | 3,594,501 |  |  | $ | 3,223,242 |  |  | $ | 2,715,125 |

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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 + Details
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