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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2018
Components of Income Before Income Taxes

For financial reporting purposes, components of income before income taxes are as follows:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended  
In thousands    February 3,
2018
    January 28,
2017
     January 30,
2016
 
     (53 weeks     

United States

   $ 3,255,057     $ 3,196,370      $ 3,102,304  

Foreign

     601,531       526,673        555,996  

Income before provision for income taxes

   $ 3,856,588     $ 3,723,043      $ 3,658,300  
Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes includes the following:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended  
In thousands    February 3,
2018
    January 28,
2017
    January 30,
2016
 
     (53 weeks    

Current:

      

Federal

   $ 1,063,141     $ 1,068,778     $ 992,094  

State

     160,650       213,505       208,357  

Foreign

     161,974       148,367       149,408  

Deferred:

      

Federal

     (164,523     (3,107     34,620  

State

     27,595       (10,583     (9,979

Foreign

     (197     7,849       6,142  

Provision for income taxes

   $ 1,248,640     $ 1,424,809     $ 1,380,642  
Net Deferred Tax (Liabilities) Assets

TJX had net deferred tax (liabilities) assets as follows:

 

      Fiscal Year Ended  
In thousands    February 3,
2018
    January 28,
2017
 

Deferred tax assets:

    

Net operating loss carryforward

   $ 40,088     $ 27,396  

Reserves for lease obligations

     3,637       5,107  

Pension, stock compensation, postretirement and employee benefits

     232,887       412,391  

Leases

     42,999       57,223  

Accruals and reserves

     51,281       67,662  

Other

     25,599       48,463  

Total gross deferred tax assets

   $ 396,491     $ 618,242  

Valuation allowance

     (42,332     (29,273

Net deferred tax asset

   $ 354,159     $ 588,969  

Deferred tax liabilities:

    

Property, plant and equipment

   $ 437,621     $ 569,377  

Capitalized inventory

     45,125       51,077  

Tradename/intangibles

     12,628       51,976  

Undistributed foreign earnings

     65,013       213,948  

Other

     20,271       10,398  

Total deferred tax liabilities

   $ 580,658     $ 896,776  

Net deferred tax (liability)

   $ (226,499   $ (307,807

Non-current asset

   $ 6,558     $ 6,193  

Non-current liability

     (233,057     (314,000

Total

   $ (226,499   $ (307,807
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  
      February 3,            
2018             
    January 28,            
2017             
    January 30,            
2016             
 
     (53 weeks)              

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate

     33.7     35.0     35.0

Effective state income tax rate

     3.6       3.5       3.5  

Impact of foreign operations

     (0.1     (0.2     (0.7

Excess share-based compensation

     (1.3            

Impact of 2017 Tax Act

     (2.3            

All other

     (1.2           (0.1

Worldwide effective income tax rate

     32.4     38.3     37.7
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   

February 3,

2018

   

January 28,

2017

   

January 30,

2016

 

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 49,092     $ 43,326     $ 55,619  

Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in current year

     6,504       7,018       2,248  

Additions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years

     7,990       327       11,707  

Reductions for uncertain tax positions taken in prior years

     (587     (334     (23,874

Reductions resulting from lapse of statute of limitations

     (1,295     (1,245     (389

Settlements with tax authorities

                 (1,985

Balance at end of year

   $ 61,704     $ 49,092     $ 43,326