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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2021
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. If there is a change in tax rates, the Company would recognize the impact of such change in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

For the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2021 and October 31, 2020, the Company utilized the annual effective tax rate method to calculate income taxes. The effective income tax rate was 21.5% for the first thirty-nine weeks of 2021, compared to 23.2% for the first thirty-nine weeks of 2020. The difference in the effective income tax rate was primarily due to a favorable tax impact of restricted stock vestings in the current year, partially offset by an increase in pretax income compared to the same period of 2020.