Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Aug. 01, 2020

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") was enacted and signed into law. The CARES Act includes a number of income tax changes, including, but not limited to, (i) permitting taxpayers a five-year carryback period for net operating losses ("NOLs") arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021. (ii) temporarily suspending the 80% of taxable income limitation on the use of NOLs for tax years beginning before January 1, 2021, thereby permitting corporate taxpayers to use NOLs to fully offset taxable income in these years regardless of the year in which the net operating loss arose, (iii) accelerating AMT tax credit carryover refunds, (iv) temporarily increasing the allowable business interest deduction from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income, and (v) providing a technical correction for depreciation as relates to the definition of qualified improvement property. As a result of the CARES Act, the Company recorded an income tax receivable for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020.

The following table summarizes the Company’s income tax expense (benefit) and effective tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 (dollars in thousands):


	Thirteen Weeks Ended												Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
				August 1, 2020				August 3, 2019				August 1, 2020				August 3, 2019
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	32,642			$	37,541			$	(39,411)			$	63,697
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	3,061			$	8,710			$	(18,410)			$	9,204
Effective tax rate	9.4		%		23.2		%		46.7		%		14.4		%

The effective tax rates for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 and August 3, 2019 were based on the Company’s forecasted annualized effective tax rates and were adjusted for discrete items that occurred within the periods presented. The effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended August 1, 2020 was lower than the thirteen weeks ended August 3, 2019 primarily due to discrete items, which includes the impact of the CARES Act and the impact of ASU 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting," with respect to the requirement to recognize excess income tax benefits or deficiencies as income tax benefit or expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The effective tax rate for the twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 was higher than the twenty-six weeks ended August 3, 2019 primarily due to discrete items, which includes the impact of ASU 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting," and the impact of the CARES Act.

The Company had no material accrual for uncertain tax positions or interest and/or penalties related to income taxes on the Company’s balance sheets as of August 1, 2020, February 1, 2020, or August 3, 2019 and has not recognized any material uncertain tax positions or interest and/or penalties related to income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations for the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended August 1, 2020 or August 3, 2019.

The Company files a federal income tax return as well as state tax returns. The Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the fiscal years ended February 3, 2018 and thereafter remain subject to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. State returns are filed in various state jurisdictions, as appropriate, with varying statutes of limitation and remain subject to examination for varying periods up to three years to four years depending on the state.