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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of components of the provision for income taxes
The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows for the fiscal years presented (in thousands):
202520242023
Current:
  
Federal
$124,523 $292,197 $212,369 
State
62,067 76,366 55,920 
International6,328 — — 
Total current provision192,918 368,563 268,289 
Deferred:
  
Federal
94,068 (13,255)4,301 
State
4,265 (1,583)(958)
International1,483 — — 
Total deferred provision99,816 (14,838)3,343 
Total provision
$292,734 $353,725 $271,632 
Reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate
In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis, the following table reflects the reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the current fiscal year (dollar amounts in thousands):
2025
AmountPercent
U.S. federal statutory tax rate$239,814 21.00 %
Domestic state and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (1)
47,689 4.17 %
Foreign tax effects10,959 0.96 %
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates enacted in the current period— — %
Effect of cross-border tax laws3,957 0.35 %
Tax credits(17,290)(1.51)%
Changes in valuation allowances(2,565)(0.22)%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
Transaction costs13,674 1.20 %
Other (2)
(7,905)(0.70)%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits4,389 0.38 %
Other adjustments 12 — %
Effective income tax rate$292,734 25.63 %
(1)State taxes in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachusetts represent the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category.
(2)Includes $9.1 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation, net of non-deductible amounts.
For fiscal years prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09, the following table is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the periods presented:
20242023
Federal statutory rate
21.0 %21.0 %
State tax, net of federal benefit
4.2 %4.2 %
Excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation(1.8)%(4.9)%
Eliminated bond hedge deduction following Convertible Senior Notes exchanges— %0.2 %
Other permanent items
(0.1)%0.1 %
Effective income tax rate
23.3 %20.6 %
Schedule of the components of deferred tax assets (liabilities)
Components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following as of the end of the fiscal years presented (in thousands):
20252024
Operating lease liabilities$1,521,547 $782,953 
Inventory
62,267 57,793 
Employee benefits and withholdings75,456 49,653 
Stock-based compensation
22,780 18,395 
Gift cards
27,240 24,946 
Other accrued expenses not currently deductible for tax purposes69,753 16,338 
Net operating loss carryforward237,242 — 
Capital loss, credits and other carryforwards72,882 — 
Other
33,789 13,973 
Total deferred tax assets
2,122,956 964,051 
Valuation allowance(315,687)— 
Total deferred tax assets, net1,807,269 964,051 
Operating lease assets(1,191,771)(605,401)
Property and equipment
(407,708)(274,823)
Inventory valuation
(132,249)(27,849)
Intangibles
(189,325)— 
Other
(7,635)(3,294)
Total deferred tax liabilities
(1,928,688)(911,367)
Net deferred tax (liability) asset$(121,419)$52,684 
Schedule of reconciliation of the Company's total unrecognized tax benefits balances, excluding interest and penalties
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s total balance of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties (in thousands):
202520242023
Beginning of fiscal year
$6,250 $2,851 $1,058 
Increase as a result of Foot Locker acquisition (1)
29,863 — — 
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in a prior period
1,961 3,201 1,463 
Decreases as a result of tax positions taken in a prior period
(54)(1,058)— 
Increases as a result of tax positions taken in the current period5,424 1,364 — 
Increases as a result of settlements during the current period— — 364 
Decreases as a result of settlements during the current period
(1,632)(108)(34)
Reductions as a result of a lapse of statute of limitations during the current period
(1,578)— — 
End of fiscal year
$40,234 $6,250 $2,851 
(1)Fiscal 2025 includes foreign currency translation adjustments of $1.0 million.
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign
In accordance with the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis, the following table reflects the domestic and international components of income before income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
2025
Domestic$1,145,517 
International(3,544)
Total income before income taxes$1,141,973