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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

NOTE 12 – INCOME TAXES

 

On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) which provided economic relief to assist American families and companies during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The CARES Act allowed U.S. net operating losses generated in fiscal 2019, 2020, and 2021 to be carried back up to five years to prior taxable years with a U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and to offset 100% of regular taxable income in such years (the “CARES Act NOL Carryback Provision”). The Company generated a U.S. net operating loss in fiscal 2021 which was carried back to prior taxable years.

 

The Company recorded an income tax provision of $5.3 million and an income tax benefit of $1.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

The effective tax rate was 21.5% and 19.1% for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The significant components of the effective tax rate changed primarily due to prior year impairments of the portion of goodwill of the Watch and Accessory Brands reporting unit which is not tax deductible, partially offset by a change in the tax rate for the Company's subsidiary in the United Kingdom in the prior year and changes in jurisdictional earnings.

 

The Company recorded an income tax provision of $8.6 million and an income tax benefit of $33.9 million for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

The effective tax rate was 22.9% and 17.8% for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The significant components of the effective tax rate changed primarily due to prior year impairments of the portion of goodwill of the Watch and Accessory Brands reporting unit which is not tax deductible and the recording of valuation allowances on certain foreign deferred tax assets in the current year, partially offset by the CARES Act NOL Carryback Provision in the prior year.

 

At July 31, 2021, the Company had no deferred tax liability for the undistributed foreign earnings of approximately $247.1 million because the Company intends to permanently reinvest such earnings in its foreign operations. It is not practicable to estimate the tax liability related to a future distribution of these permanently reinvested foreign earnings.