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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign
(in millions)Fiscal 2024Fiscal 2023Fiscal 2022
Income before income taxes:
– US
$320.5 $281.2 $665.9 
– Foreign
319.3 170.0 218.5 
Total income before income taxes
$639.8 $451.2 $884.4 
Current taxation:
– US
$(14.8)$157.1 $108.1 
– Foreign
24.5 16.7 7.6 
Deferred taxation:
– US
82.0 (70.4)8.4 
– Foreign
(262.3)(28.9)(9.6)
Total income tax expense (benefit)
$(170.6)$74.5 $114.5 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation
As the statutory rate of corporation tax in Bermuda is 0%, the differences between the US federal income tax rate and the effective tax rates for Signet have been presented below:
Fiscal 2024Fiscal 2023Fiscal 2022
US federal income tax rates
21.0 %21.0 %21.0 %
US state income taxes
2.7 %2.9 %3.3 %
Differences between US federal and foreign statutory income tax rates
0.4 %0.8 %(0.1)%
Expenditures permanently disallowable for tax purposes, net of permanent tax benefits
(0.4)%(1.4)%— %
Impact of global reinsurance arrangements
(5.8)%(8.7)%(2.2)%
Impact of global financing arrangements
(1.5)%(2.2)%(0.6)%
Bermuda economic transition adjustment(41.1)%— %— %
CARES Act %— %(1.4)%
Valuation allowance(0.3)%— %(6.5)%
Other items
(1.7)%4.1 %(0.6)%
Effective tax rate
(26.7)%16.5 %12.9 %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) consisted of the following:
February 3, 2024January 28, 2023
(in millions)Assets(Liabilities)TotalAssets(Liabilities)Total
Intangible assets
$ $(99.6)$(99.6)$— $(100.6)$(100.6)
US property, plant and equipment
 (37.2)(37.2)— (70.0)(70.0)
Foreign property, plant and equipment
 (1.4)(1.4)0.7 — 0.7 
Inventory valuation
 (243.7)(243.7)— (208.1)(208.1)
Revenue deferral
69.0  69.0 79.3 — 79.3 
Lease assets
 (225.6)(225.6)— (230.3)(230.3)
Lease liabilities
249.0  249.0 262.2 — 262.2 
Deferred compensation
9.1  9.1 8.0 — 8.0 
Retirement benefit obligations
   — (0.2)(0.2)
Share-based compensation
11.0  11.0 8.6 — 8.6 
Other temporary differences
33.4  33.4 95.6 — 95.6 
Bermuda economic transition adjustment263.3  263.3 — — — 
163(j) interest carryforward12.3  12.3 13.8 — 13.8 
Net operating losses
66.0  66.0 65.9 — 65.9 
Value of capital losses
11.5  11.5 13.2 — 13.2 
Total gross deferred tax assets (liabilities)$724.6 $(607.5)$117.1 $547.3 $(609.2)$(61.9)
Valuation allowance
(18.3) (18.3)(19.0)— (19.0)
Deferred tax assets (liabilities)$706.3 $(607.5)$98.8 $528.3 $(609.2)$(80.9)
Disclosed as:
Non-current assets
$300.5 $36.7 
Non-current liabilities
(201.7)(117.6)
Deferred tax assets (liabilities)$98.8 $(80.9)
Summary of Valuation Allowance
The following table is a rollforward of the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance:
(in millions)Fiscal 2024Fiscal 2023Fiscal 2022
Beginning balance$19.0 $27.9 $83.9 
Charged (credited) to income tax expense(2.0)— (43.8)
Increases from acquisitions1.4 1.9 — 
Lapsed due to expiration of benefit(0.3)(9.7)(11.9)
Foreign currency translation0.2 (1.1)(0.3)
Ending balance$18.3 $19.0 $27.9 
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward
The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for US federal, US state and non-US tax jurisdictions:
(in millions)Fiscal 2024Fiscal 2023Fiscal 2022
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period
$85.9 $24.9 $25.4 
Increases related to current year tax positions1.5 1.6 2.0 
Increases from acquisitions 2.3 — 
Increases related to prior year tax positions 59.6 0.4 
Settlements with tax authorities
(59.6)— — 
Lapse of statute of limitations(1.8)(2.4)(2.9)
Foreign currency translation (0.1)— 
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of period
$26.0 $85.9 $24.9