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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 01, 2021
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
For the first quarter of 2021, the Company calculated the provision for income taxes on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and adjusted as necessary for quarterly events. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the income tax expense for the first quarter of 2020 was computed on a year-to-date effective tax rate.
For the first quarter of 2021, the Company’s effective tax rate was 21.6% compared to 28.0% in the first quarter of 2020. The first quarter of 2021 rate was lower than the Company's combined estimated federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the recognition of excess tax benefits recorded through the Consolidated Statements of Income on share-based awards that vested in the quarter. In the first quarter of 2020, the Company recognized a benefit for income taxes of $115 million on a loss before income taxes of $412 million. The first quarter of 2020 rate was higher than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due the resolution of certain tax matters, which resulted in a $50 million tax benefit, offset by losses related to certain foreign subsidiaries, which generated no tax benefit.
Income taxes paid were $10 million and $9 million for the first quarter of 2021 and 2020, respectively.