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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Aug. 01, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 2 - Income Taxes

An estimate of the annual effective tax rate is used at each interim period based on the facts and circumstances available at that time, while the actual effective tax rate is calculated at year-end. However, for the 13 week period ended May 2, 2020, the Company determined that the annual effective tax rate could not be reliably estimated due to operational uncertainties related to COVID-19; therefore, the actual effective tax rate for the period was deemed to be the best estimate of the annual effective tax rate. For the 26-week period ended August 1, 2020, the Company was able to estimate an annual effective tax rate due to less operational uncertainties related to COVID-19.

For the 13-week periods ended August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019, the Company recorded income tax expense of 71.9% and an income tax benefit of 17.7% of the loss before income taxes, respectively. For the 26-week periods ended August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of 49.3% and 21.6% of the loss before income taxes, respectively. The change in income taxes for the 13-week period ended August 1, 2020, compared to the prior year period, was primarily due to the change from performing the tax provision under the discrete method based on no annual forecast in the first 13 weeks of fiscal 2020 compared to using the annual effective tax rate method for the 26-week period ended August 1, 2020. The Company also did not yet have a full deferred tax asset valuation allowance in the second 13 weeks of fiscal 2019. The increase in the income tax rate for the 26-week period ended August 1, 2020, compared to the prior year period, was primarily due to a $12.3 million income tax benefit related to the carryback of the 2019 federal net operating loss to prior periods pursuant to the CARES Act, a $2.3 million income tax benefit related to the carryback of the projected fiscal 2020 loss to years with a 35% statutory tax rate, partially offset by $5.9 million due to the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities using estimated future tax rates for the effect of temporary differences between the book and tax basis of recorded assets and liabilities, including net operating loss carry forwards. Management assesses the realizability of deferred tax assets and records a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers the probability of future taxable income and our historical profitability, among other factors, in assessing the amount of the valuation allowance. Adjustments could be required in the future if the Company estimates that the amount of deferred tax assets to be realized is more than the net amount recorded. Any change in the valuation allowance could have the effect of increasing or decreasing the income tax provision in the statement of operations based on the nature of the deferred tax asset deemed realizable in the period in which such determination is made.