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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 02, 2020
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Income Taxes

NOTE 9 – INCOME TAXES:

The Company had an effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2020 of 24.3% (Benefit) compared to an effective tax rate of 16.9% (Expense) for the first quarter of 2019. The increase in the 2020 first quarter tax rate was primarily due to the federal net operating loss carryback provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), offset by valuation allowances against state income net operating losses, and an upward adjustment in the reserves for uncertain tax positions specific to state income taxes in the first quarter of 2020. The Company assessed the ability to realize these state net operating losses in light of the adverse impact on the Company’s financial statements and operations due to COVID-19. Based on this assessment, the Company concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not be able to realize the state net operating losses and, accordingly, has recorded a valuation allowance for these items including the value of its state net operating loss deferred tax assets as of February 1, 2020.

The estimated annual effective tax rate for the current fiscal year is impacted by the ability to carryback federal net operating losses due to the CARES Act, partially offset by changes in management’s judgement regarding the ability to realize deferred tax assets, primarily state income net operating losses generated in the current fiscal year. The Company has factored the realizability of these deferred tax assets generated as a result of projected current year losses into its estimated annual effective rate for the current year. To the extent that actual results and/or events differ from the predicted results, the Company may continue to see effects on the estimated annual effective tax rate.