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Reserves Related to Former Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Reserves Related to Former Operations | TJX has a reserve for its estimate of future obligations related to former business operations that TJX has either closed or sold. The reserve activity is presented below:
|  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |
In thousands |  | October 31, 2015 |  |  | November 1, 2014 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 14,574 |  |  | $ | 31,363 |
Additions (reductions) to the reserve charged to net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments to lease-related obligations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (10,313 | )
Interest accretion |  |  | — |  |  |  | 470 |
Charges against the reserve: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lease-related obligations |  |  | (1,595 | ) |  |  | (4,267 | )
Other |  |  | (428 | ) |  |  | (77 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 12,551 |  |  | $ | 17,176 |

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