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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 02, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Before Income Taxes from Continuing Operations | The components of income before income taxes from continuing operations were:
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | February 2, |  |  | February 3, |  |  | January 28, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
U.S. |  | $ | 308,424 |  |  | $ | 255,621 |  |  | $ | 315,199 |
Foreign |  |  | 36,676 |  |  |  | 31,552 |  |  |  | 20,063 |
Total |  | $ | 345,100 |  |  | $ | 287,173 |  |  | $ | 335,262 |
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
|  | February 2, |  |  | February 3, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rent |  | $ | 21,649 |  |  | $ | 20,753 |
Employee compensation and benefits |  |  | 12,476 |  |  |  | 1,599 |
Inventories |  |  | 9,276 |  |  |  | 8,900 |
Deferred compensation |  |  | 8,874 |  |  |  | 7,698 |
Net operating loss |  |  | 8,757 |  |  |  | 9,232 |
Accruals not currently deductible |  |  | 7,675 |  |  |  | 5,631 |
State tax credits |  |  | 7,216 |  |  |  | 7,492 |
Foreign tax credits |  |  | 564 |  |  |  | 3,123 |
Other |  |  | 5,000 |  |  |  | 4,936 |
Gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 81,487 |  |  |  | 69,364 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (6,992 | ) |  |  | (7,096 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 74,495 |  |  | $ | 62,268 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and equipment |  | $ | (53,774 | ) |  | $ | (46,165 | )
Prepaid Expenses |  | $ | (4,128 | ) |  | $ | (3,736 | )
Other |  |  | (2,531 | ) |  |  | (3,023 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (60,433 | ) |  | $ | (52,924 | )
Total deferred tax assets, net |  | $ | 14,062 |  |  | $ | 9,344 |
Components of Provision for Income Taxes from Continuing Operations | Significant components of the provision for income taxes from continuing operations were as follows:
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | February 2, |  |  | February 3, |  |  | January 28, |
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 60,453 |  |  | $ | 31,763 |  |  | $ | 93,961 |
Foreign taxes |  |  | 7,343 |  |  |  | 3,404 |  |  |  | 3,168 |
State |  |  | 19,815 |  |  |  | 9,600 |  |  |  | 11,137 |
Total current |  |  | 87,611 |  |  |  | 44,767 |  |  |  | 108,266 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | (148 | ) |  | $ | 36,345 |  |  | $ | 12,057 |
Foreign taxes |  |  | (2,367 | ) |  |  | (1,130 | ) |  |  | (268 | )
State |  |  | (1,898 | ) |  |  | 3,028 |  |  |  | 2,758 |
Total deferred |  |  | (4,413 | ) |  |  | 38,243 |  |  |  | 14,547 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 83,198 |  |  | $ | 83,010 |  |  | $ | 122,813 |
Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits | The following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits:
|  | For the Years Ended |
(In thousands) |  | February 2, 2019 |  |  | February 3, 2018 |  |  | January 28, 2017 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of the year balance |  | $ | 7,286 |  |  | $ | 7,093 |  |  | $ | 5,748 |
Increases in current period tax positions |  |  | 565 |  |  |  | 1,913 |  |  |  | 1,884 |
Increases in tax positions of prior periods |  |  | 2,279 |  |  |  | 624 |  |  |  | 464 |
Settlements |  |  | (1,397 | ) |  |  | (744 | ) |  |  | — |
Lapse of statute of limitations |  |  | (545 | ) |  |  | (517 | ) |  |  | (362 | )
Decreases in tax positions of prior periods |  |  | (1,654 | ) |  |  | (1,083 | ) |  |  | (641 | )
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of the year balance |  | $ | 6,534 |  |  | $ | 7,286 |  |  | $ | 7,093 |
Reconciliation Between Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and Effective Income Tax Rate from Continuing Operations | A reconciliation between the statutory federal income tax rate and the effective income tax rate from continuing operations follows:
|  | For the Years Ended |
|  | February 2, |  |  | February 3, |  |  | January 28, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Federal income tax rate |  |  | 21.0 | % |  |  | 33.7 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of federal income tax effect |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 2.8 |
Foreign rate differential |  |  | (0.7 | ) |  |  | (1.9 | ) |  |  | (1.7 | )
Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (3.0 | ) |  |  | 0.0 |
Valuation allowance changes, net |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.4 |
Change in unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Other |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (2.9 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | )
|  |  | 24.1 | % |  |  | 28.9 | % |  |  | 36.6 | %

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