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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE 10 – INCOME TAXES

On December 22, 2017, the 2017 Tax Act was signed into law, which significantly changed U.S. corporate income tax laws by, among other things, lowering the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, limiting the deductibility of interest expense and executive compensation, establishing a territorial tax system, and imposing a one-time mandatory deemed Transition Tax on undistributed foreign earnings which have not been previously taxed.

As of July 31, 2018, the amounts recorded in fiscal year 2018 related to the 2017 Tax Act are unchanged and remain provisional for the Transition Tax, the remeasurement of deferred taxes, and our assessment of permanently reinvested earnings. These estimates are subject to revision due to changes in the Company’s analysis and assumptions related to certain matters, such as updates to estimates and amounts related to the earnings and profits and tax pools of certain subsidiaries and the Company’s indefinite reinvestment assertion, including the measurement of deferred taxes on foreign unremitted earnings. The estimated impact of the 2017 Tax Act is also subject to change as a result of additional guidance from, and interpretations by, U.S. regulatory and standard-setting bodies, as well as state tax conformity to federal tax law. The Company expects to complete its assessment of these items within the measurement period, and any adjustments to the provisional amounts initially recorded will be included as an adjustment to income tax expense or benefit in the period in which the amounts are determined.

The Company continues to evaluate the impact of the global intangible low-tax income (“GILTI”) provision within the 2017 Tax Act which would require the current inclusion in federal taxable income, earnings of certain foreign controlled corporations. GILTI is subject to continuing regulatory interpretation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and while the Company has included an estimate of GILTI in its estimated effective tax rate for fiscal year 2019, it has not yet elected a policy as to whether it will recognize deferred taxes for basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI or whether the Company will account for GILTI as period costs if and when incurred. Adjustments related to the amount of GILTI recorded in its consolidated financial statements may be required based on the outcome of this election. The Company will continue to evaluate these provisions and elect an accounting policy within the measurement period.

The Company recorded income tax expense of $3.6 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The effective tax rate was 28.3% and 32.0% for the three months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily due to changes in jurisdictional earnings, partially offset by no tax benefit being recognized on losses incurred by certain foreign operations.       

The Company recorded income tax expense of $3.5 million and $2.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The effective tax rate was 16.8% and 68.3% for the six months ended July 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily due to excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation being recognized in the current period as compared to excess tax deficiencies recognized in the first quarter of last year, the release of a valuation allowance against certain foreign deferred tax assets, and changes in jurisdictional earnings.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended July 31, 2018 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to no tax benefit being recognized on losses incurred by certain foreign operations, partially offset by foreign profits being taxed in lower taxing jurisdictions.  The effective tax rate for the six months ended July 31, 2018 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to the release of a valuation allowance against certain foreign deferred tax assets and foreign profits being taxed in lower taxing jurisdictions.

The effective tax rate for the three and six months ended July 31, 2017 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% primarily due to foreign profits being taxed in lower taxing jurisdictions and acquisition costs related to the acquisition of the Olivia Burton brand (see Note 16 – Acquisitions for additional disclosures). The effective tax rate for the six months ended July 31, 2017 also includes an increase primarily due to the adoption of ASU 2016-09 and no tax benefit being recognized on losses incurred by certain foreign operations.