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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015
Components of Income Before Income Taxes | For financial reporting purposes, components of income before income taxes are as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
In thousands |  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |
|  | (53 weeks) |
United States |  | $ | 2,943,745 |  |  | $ | 2,746,925 |  |  | $ | 2,517,696 |
Foreign |  |  | 606,139 |  |  |  | 572,564 |  |  |  | 559,655 |
Income before provision for income taxes |  | $ | 3,549,884 |  |  | $ | 3,319,489 |  |  | $ | 3,077,351 |
Provision for Income Taxes | The provision for income taxes includes the following:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
In thousands |  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |
|  | (53 weeks) |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 896,672 |  |  | $ | 815,811 |  |  | $ | 842,149 |
State |  |  | 180,616 |  |  |  | 177,009 |  |  |  | 162,200 |
Foreign |  |  | 155,398 |  |  |  | 136,626 |  |  |  | 153,083 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 87,057 |  |  |  | 73,206 |  |  |  | 22,394 |
State |  |  | 14,231 |  |  |  | 5,928 |  |  |  | 1,583 |
Foreign |  |  | 782 |  |  |  | (26,487 | ) |  |  | (10,745 | )
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 1,334,756 |  |  | $ | 1,182,093 |  |  | $ | 1,170,664 |
Net Deferred Tax (Liabilities) Assets | TJX had net deferred tax (liabilities) assets as follows:
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
In thousands |  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforward |  | $ | 18,305 |  |  | $ | 25,711 |
Reserves for lease obligations and computer intrusion |  |  | 16,242 |  |  |  | 29,108 |
Pension, stock compensation, postretirement and employee benefits |  |  | 351,171 |  |  |  | 280,381 |
Leases |  |  | 47,464 |  |  |  | 43,966 |
Other |  |  | 74,451 |  |  |  | 66,984 |
Total gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 507,633 |  |  |  | 446,150 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (5,122 | ) |  |  | (4,359 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  | $ | 502,511 |  |  | $ | 441,791 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | $ | 474,179 |  |  | $ | 432,262 |
Capitalized inventory |  |  | 50,536 |  |  |  | 48,612 |
Tradename/intangibles |  |  | 47,443 |  |  |  | 45,528 |
Undistributed foreign earnings |  |  | 181,822 |  |  |  | 217,916 |
Other |  |  | 8,884 |  |  |  | 10,397 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | 762,864 |  |  | $ | 754,715 |
Net deferred tax (liability) |  | $ | (260,353 | ) |  | $ | (312,924 | )
Current asset |  | $ | 137,617 |  |  | $ | 101,639 |
Non-current asset |  |  | 24,546 |  |  |  | 31,508 |
Non-current liability |  |  | (422,516 | ) |  |  | (446,071 | )
Total |  | $ | (260,353 | ) |  | $ | (312,924 | )
Reconciliation of U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate and Worldwide Effective Income Tax Rate | 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 |
|  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (53 weeks) |
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
Effective state income tax rate |  |  | 3.6 |  |  |  | 3.6 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Impact of foreign operations |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | )
All other |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Worldwide effective income tax rate |  |  | 37.6 | % |  |  | 35.6 | % |  |  | 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 |  | January 31, 2015 |  |  | February 1, 2014 |  |  | February 2, 2013 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 48,680 |  |  | $ | 148,777 |  |  | $ | 144,505 |
Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in current year |  |  | 4,771 |  |  |  | 4,212 |  |  |  | 1,949 |
Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years |  |  | 5,278 |  |  |  | 5,096 |  |  |  | 3,009 |
Reductions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years |  |  | (2,747 | ) |  |  | (69,292 | ) |  |  | — |
Reductions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (317 | ) |  |  | (129 | )
Settlements with tax authorities |  |  | (363 | ) |  |  | (39,796 | ) |  |  | (557 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 55,619 |  |  | $ | 48,680 |  |  | $ | 148,777 |

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