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Reserves Related to Former Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Reserves Related to Former Operations | TJX has a reserve for its estimate of future obligations of business operations it has closed or sold. The reserve activity for the last three fiscal years is presented below:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
In thousands |  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 31,363 |  |  | $ | 45,229 |  |  | $ | 45,381 |
Additions (reductions) to the reserve charged to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments to lease-related obligations |  |  | (12,300 | ) |  |  | (3,312 | ) |  |  | 16,000 |
Interest accretion |  |  | 525 |  |  |  | 1,440 |  |  |  | 996 |
Charges against the reserve: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lease-related obligations |  |  | (4,907 | ) |  |  | (11,088 | ) |  |  | (15,682 | )
Termination benefits and all other |  |  | (107 | ) |  |  | (906 | ) |  |  | (1,466 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 14,574 |  |  | $ | 31,363 |  |  | $ | 45,229 |

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