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9. Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
9.           Income Taxes

We recorded income tax expense of $1.0 million for the fiscal 2014 third quarter, compared to $1.4 million for the comparable prior-year period.  The effective tax rates for the fiscal 2014 and 2013 third quarters were 33.1% and 36.2%, respectively. Our lower rate in the current year quarter is primarily due to the effect of permanent benefits for Company-owned life insurance and distributions from our former captive insurance arrangement being larger in relation to our pre-tax income. Additionally, during the fiscal 2014 third quarter, we established a reserve of $48,000 for an uncertain tax position related to the use of a state loss carryforward claimed on a state tax return.

We recorded income tax expense of $3.1 million for the first three quarters of fiscal 2014, compared to $2.8 million for the comparable prior-year period.  The effective tax rates for the first three quarters of fiscal 2014 and 2013 were 34.0% and 36.2%, respectively.  Our effective tax rate was impacted in both years by changes in our deferred tax rates, however the impact of a change in our federal deferred tax rate recorded in fiscal 2013 was more than twice the magnitude of the change to our state deferred tax asset in the current year. The difference between these two adjustments accounts for substantially all of the effective rate difference from year to year.