New Accounting Pronouncement (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2016

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

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New Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This guidance requires companies to recognize revenue in a manner that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which a company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard also will result in enhanced disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. This guidance will be effective beginning in fiscal year 2018, with early adoption as of fiscal year 2017 permitted. The standard allows for either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective transition method. The Company is currently evaluating this standard, including the transition method and timing of adoption, and the related impact on its Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheets and Statements of Cash Flows.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases. This guidance requires companies classified as lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize expenses on their income statements in a manner similar to today’s accounting. The new standard also will result in enhanced quantitative and qualitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, to provide greater insight into the extent of revenue and expense recognized and expected to be recognized from existing leases. The standard requires modified retrospective adoption and will be effective beginning in fiscal year 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this standard, including the timing of adoption, and the related impact on its Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheets and Statements of Cash Flows.

Simplifying the Presentation of Share-Based Compensation

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This guidance requires companies to recognize income tax effects of awards in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled. It also will allow an employer to repurchase more of an employee’s shares than it can today for tax withholding purposes without triggering liability accounting and to make a policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur. The standard also will require all tax-related cash flows resulting from share-based payments to be reported as operating activities on the statements of cash flows, and any cash payments made to taxing authorities on an employee's behalf as financing activities. The standard will be effective beginning in fiscal year 2017, with early adoption permitted. Management has determined that the Company will adopt ASU 2016-09 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the related impact on its Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheets and Statements of Cash Flows.

Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This guidance requires companies to recognize debt issuance costs related to recognized debt liabilities on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of those debt liabilities, consistent with debt discounts. This guidance is effective beginning in fiscal year 2016, with early adoption permitted.

The Company elected to early adopt this standard effective January 30, 2016. Upon adoption, prior period financial statements were recast as required by the standard to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the related debt liabilities. The impact of the adoption of this standard is a decrease of $49 million to Other Assets and Long-term Debt on the October 31, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. This guidance requires companies to present all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent on the balance sheet. This guidance will be effective beginning in fiscal year 2017, and early adoption is permitted.

The Company elected to early adopt this standard effective January 30, 2016 using the retrospective application transition method. Upon adoption, prior period financial statements were recast to present all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent on the balance sheet. The impact of the adoption of this standard on the October 31, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet is a decrease in current deferred income tax assets of $35 million; an increase in noncurrent deferred income tax assets of $8 million; and a decrease to noncurrent deferred income tax liabilities of $27 million.