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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Feb. 01, 2014 | Feb. 02, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Income tax provided on undistributed earnings on all other foreign subsidiaries | $ 0 us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries |  |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries | 566,600,000 tjx_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiariesThatWouldNotImpactOnIncomeTaxes |  |
Valuation allowances | 5,122,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | 4,359,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance |
Provision for income taxes | 1,334,756,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 1,182,093,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 1,170,664,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net unrecognized tax benefits | 32,700,000 tjx_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsNetOfFederalTaxBenefit | 26,200,000 tjx_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsNetOfFederalTaxBenefit | 125,300,000 tjx_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsNetOfFederalTaxBenefit
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rates | 34,800,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate | 27,800,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate | 129,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Interest and penalties expensed | 1,900,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | 4,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | 4,700,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Accrued amounts for interest and penalties | 10,100,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued | 8,100,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued | 38,600,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits that would reduce the provision for taxes on earnings, minimum | 0 us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeLowerBound |  |
Possible decrease in unrecognized tax benefits that would reduce the provision for taxes on earnings, maximum | 14,400,000 us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleEstimatedRangeOfChangeUpperBound |  |
Prior Year Tax Benefit |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Provision for income taxes | (80,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis = us-gaap_EarliestTaxYearMember |  |
State Net Operating Loss Carryforwards |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
State net operating loss carryforwards | 61,500,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_StateNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember | 35,900,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_StateNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember |
Valuation allowances | 5,100,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_StateNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember | 4,400,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_StateNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember |
State Net Operating Loss Carryforwards | Minimum |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2016 |  |
State Net Operating Loss Carryforwards | Maximum |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2034 |  |
Foreign Net Operating Loss Carryforwards |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards | 48,300,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_ForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember | 77,100,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_ForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember |
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration | $ 2,800,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration / tjx_IncomeTaxAxis = tjx_ForeignNetOperatingLossCarryforwardsMember |  |
Foreign Net Operating Loss Carryforwards | Minimum |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2016 |  |
Foreign Net Operating Loss Carryforwards | Maximum |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration year | 2018 |  |

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