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9. Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
9.           Income Taxes

We recorded income tax expense of $552,000 for the fiscal 2013 first quarter compared to $278,000 for the comparable prior year period.  The effective tax rates for the fiscal 2013 and 2012 first quarters were 35.1% and 34.7%, respectively.  Our effective tax rate was slightly higher in the fiscal 2013 first quarter primarily due to the realization of a tax deduction in the fiscal 2012 first quarter relating to the tax effect of a reversal of a distribution received from our captive insurance arrangement, which was not repeated  in the fiscal 2013 first quarter due to the timing of the receipt of the distribution.