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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 29, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
(in thousands) |
Balance at January 29, 2017 | $ | 11,452 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 590 |
Reductions for issue resolutions | (990 | )
Balance as of October 29, 2017 | $ | 11,052 |
Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions | The liability for UTP is reflected within the Balance Sheets as follows:
(in thousands) | October 29, 2017 |  | January 29, 2017
Deferred tax assets - non-current | $ | 9,782 |  |  | $ | 9,309 |
Other long-term liabilities | 1,270 |  |  | 2,143 |
Total accrued taxes | $ | 11,052 |  |  | $ | 11,452 |
Regional Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | The Company’s regional income from continuing operations before taxes and equity in net losses of equity method investments is as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
(in thousands) | October 29, 2017 |  | October 30, 2016 |  | October 29, 2017 |  | October 30, 2016
Domestic | $ | (2,366 | ) |  | $ | 937 |  |  | $ | (11,396 | ) |  | $ | (13,048 | )
Foreign | 19,180 |  |  | 35,582 |  |  | 60,447 |  |  | 75,114 |
Total | $ | 16,814 |  |  | $ | 36,519 |  |  | $ | 49,051 |  |  | $ | 62,066 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities and other income tax contingencies. Includes, but is not limited to, interest and penalties, reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the effective tax rate, tax years that remain subject to examination by tax jurisdictions, and information about positions for which it is reasonably possible that amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=SL6600010-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 19 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32840-109319 + Details
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