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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2014

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes includes the following:

		Fiscal Year Ended
In thousands		February 1, 2014				February 2, 2013				January 28, 2012
						(53 weeks)
Current:
Federal		$	815,811			$	842,149			$	554,847
State			177,009				162,200				126,237
Foreign			136,626				153,083				99,463
Deferred:
Federal			73,206				22,394				131,527
State			5,928				1,583				6,202
Foreign			(26,487	)			(10,745	)			(2,952)
Provision for income taxes		$	1,182,093			$	1,170,664			$	915,324

Net Deferred Tax (Liabilities) Assets

TJX had net deferred tax (liabilities) assets as follows:

		Fiscal Year Ended
In thousands		February 1, 2014				February 2, 2013
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards		$	25,711			$	33,461
Reserve for former operations			24,603				21,856
Pension, stock compensation, postretirement and employee benefits			280,381				313,671
Leases			43,966				40,440
Computer Intrusion reserve			4,505				5,661
Other			66,984				64,394
Total gross deferred tax assets			446,150				479,483
Valuation allowance			(4,359	)			(35,941	)
Net deferred tax assets		$	441,791			$	443,542
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, plant and equipment		$	432,262			$	360,167
Capitalized inventory			48,612				47,903
Tradename / Intangibles			45,528				43,520
Undistributed foreign earnings			217,916				233,002
Other			10,397				12,217
Total deferred tax liabilities		$	754,715			$	696,809
Net deferred tax (liability)		$	(312,924	)		$	(253,267	)

Reconciliation of U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate and Worldwide Effective Income Tax Rate

TJX’s worldwide effective income tax rate was 35.6% for fiscal 2014, 38.0% for fiscal 2013 and 38.0% for fiscal 2012. The difference between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and TJX’s worldwide effective income tax rate is reconciled below:

		Fiscal Year Ended
		February 1,             2014				February 2,             2013				January 28,             2012
						(53 weeks)
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate			35.0	%			35.0	%			35.0	%
Effective state income tax rate			3.6				3.5				3.6
Impact of foreign operations			(0.8	)			(0.3	)			(0.2	)
All other			(2.2	)			(0.2	)			(0.4	)
Worldwide effective income tax rate			35.6	%			38.0	%			38.0	%

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Gross Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

		Fiscal Year Ended
In thousands		February 1, 2014				February 2, 2013				January 28, 2012
Balance at beginning of year		$	148,777			$	144,505			$	123,094
Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in current year			4,212				1,949				1,131
Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years			5,096				3,009				63,463
Reductions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years			(69,292	)			—				(40,558	)
Reductions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations			(317	)			(129	)			—
Settlements with tax authorities			(39,796	)			(557	)			(2,625	)
Balance at end of year		$	48,680			$	148,777			$	144,505

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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