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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2014
INCOME TAXES |
Schedule of components of income before income tax expense |
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 | 2012
U.S. |  |  | $ | 38,147 |  | $ | 50,834 | $ | 26,445
Non-U.S. |  |  | 68,987 |  | 84,680 | 99,647
Total |  |  | $ | 107,134 |  | $ | 135,514 | $ | 126,092
Schedule of components of income tax expense (benefit) |
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 | 2012
U.S. |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | $ | 24,736 |  | $ | 26,369 | $ | 5,342
Deferred |  |  | (9,021) |  | (8,776) | 4,630
|  |  | 15,715 |  | 17,593 | 9,972
Non-U.S. |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 6,254 |  | 5,464 | 5,204
Deferred |  |  | (1,083) |  | (3,209) | 542
|  |  | 5,171 |  | 2,255 | 5,746
Total |  |  | $ | 20,886 |  | $ | 19,848 | $ | 15,718
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation |
|  |  | Fiscal Years Ended the Last Day of February, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 | 2012
Expected effective income tax rate at the U.S. statutory rate |  |  | 35.0% |  | 35.0% | 35.0%
Impact of U.S. state income taxes and other |  |  | 2.2% |  | -0.2% | 1.5%
Decrease in income taxes resulting from income from non-U.S. operations |  |  |  |  |  |
subject to varying income tax rates |  |  | -9.3% |  | -11.4% | -13.6%
Effect of zero tax rate in Macau |  |  | -12.3% |  | -8.8% | -9.5%
Decrease in income taxes resulting from tax audit settlements |  |  | 0.0% |  | 0.0% | -0.9%
Effect of asset impairment charges, most of which are non-deductible |  |  | 3.9% |  | 0.0% | 0.0%
Effective income tax rate |  |  | 19.5% |  | 14.6% | 12.5%
Schedule of tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities | (in thousands)
|  |  | Last Day of February,
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Deferred tax assets, gross: |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards |  |  | $ | 17,455 |  | $ | 21,385
Accounts receivable |  |  | 4,068 |  | 5,885
Inventories |  |  | 8,528 |  | 8,648
Accrued expenses and other |  |  | 20,307 |  | 10,600
Foreign currency contracts, interest rate swaps and deferred exchange gains |  |  | 528 |  | 930
Total gross deferred tax assets |  |  | 50,886 |  | 47,448
Valuation allowance |  |  | (15,602) |  | (19,040)
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | (60,670) |  | (62,807)
Total deferred tax assets (liabilities), net |  |  | $ | (25,386) |  | $ | (34,399)
Schedule of composition of net operating loss carryforwards and the approximate future taxable income to be generated in order to utilize all carryforwards prior to their expiration | (in thousands)
| At February 28, 2014
|  | Tax Year |  | Gross |  | Required |
|  | Expiration |  | Deferred Tax |  | Future Taxable |
|  | Date Range |  | Assets |  | Income |
U.S. operating loss carryforwards |  | 2016 - 2032 |  | $ | 2,253 |  | $ | 8,991 |
Non-U.S. operating loss carryforwards with definite |  |  |  |  |  |  |
carryover periods |  | 2014 - 2029 |  | 4,063 |  | 32,368 |
Non-U.S. operating loss carryforwards with indefinite |  |  |  |  |  |  |
carryover periods |  | Indefinite |  | 11,139 |  | 37,116 |
Subtotals |  |  |  | 17,455 |  | 78,475 |
Less portion of valuation allowance established for |  |  |  |  |  |  |
operating loss carryforwards |  |  |  | (12,695 | ) | (47,633) |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 4,760 |  | $ | 30,842 |
Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits | (in thousands)
|  |  | Fiscal Years Ended
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Total unrecognized tax benefits, beginning balance |  |  | $ | 15,759 |  | $ | 13,213
Changes in tax positions taken during a prior period |  |  | 536 |  | 3,194
Changes due to lapse in statute of limitations |  |  | (2,363) |  | (466)
Impact of foreign currency remeasurement on unrecognized tax benefits in the current period |  |  | 216 |  | (182)
Changes resulting from agreements with taxing authorities |  |  | (224) |  | -
Total unrecognized tax benefits, ending balance |  |  | 13,924 |  | 15,759
Less current unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | (453) |  | -
Noncurrent unrecognized tax benefits |  |  | $ | 13,471 |  | $ | 15,759
Schedule of material tax years under examination or still subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions | As of February 28, 2014, tax years under examination or still subject to examination by material tax jurisdictions are as follows:
Jurisdiction |  | Tax Years Under Examination |  | Open Tax Years
Mexico |  | 2008 |  | 2008 | - | 2013
United Kingdom |  | - None - |  | 2013 | - | 2014
United States * |  | 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 |  | 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011 - 2014
Switzerland |  | - None - |  | 2007 | - | 2014
Hong Kong |  | - None - |  | 2006 | - | 2014
France |  | 2007 - 2010 |  | 2007 | - | 2014
Hungary |  | 2005, 2006, 2009 |  | 2005, 2006, 2009 - 2014
* Kaz, Inc. and its U.S. subsidiaries are under examination for the 2003, 2007 and 2008 tax years. Helen of Troy Texas Corporation and its subsidiaries are currently under examination for the 2011 and 2012 tax years.

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