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Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Aug. 01, 2015

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities on a Recurring Basis

The following table sets forth TJX’s financial assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis:

In thousands		August 1, 2015				January 31, 2015				August 2, 2014
Level 1
Assets:
Executive Savings Plan investments		$	167,669			$	151,936			$	150,193
Level 2
Assets:
Short-term investments		$	327,506			$	282,623			$	285,003
Foreign currency exchange contracts			26,203				39,419				7,650
Diesel fuel contracts			—				—				273
Liabilities:
Foreign currency exchange contracts		$	4,975			$	1,942			$	8,141
Diesel fuel contracts			12,414				15,324				—

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef



-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 820



-SubTopic 10



-Section 50



-Paragraph 1



-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19190-110258

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