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INCOME TAXES
9 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The effective income tax rates for the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016 were 4.4% and 25.3%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016 were 11.7% and 18.4%, respectively. The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016 were lower than the United States statutory rate due to the benefit of overall lower tax rates in certain international jurisdictions where the Company files tax returns.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2017 also included the overall benefit of certain discrete items, including the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions from the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation, which resulted in a benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rates of 14.7% and 6.9%, respectively.
The effective income tax rates for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2016 also included the overall benefit of certain discrete items, including the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions from the expiration of applicable statutes of limitation that resulted in a benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rates of 14.1% and 4.9%, respectively, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of the tax expense recorded on the assets held for sale in connection with the Mexico deconsolidation that resulted in a provision to the Company’s effective income tax rates of 9.8% and 3.0%, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2016 also included the favorable impact of the lower tax rate applicable to the pre-tax gain recorded to write-up the Company’s equity investment in TH China to fair value that resulted in a 7.0% benefit to the Company’s effective income tax rate.
The Company files income tax returns in more than 40 international jurisdictions each year. All of the international jurisdictions in which the Company files tax returns, with the exception of Japan, have lower statutory tax rates than the United States statutory tax rate. A substantial amount of the Company’s earnings come from international operations, particularly in the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada. The lower statutory income tax rates in these jurisdictions, as compared to the United States statutory rate, coupled with special rates levied on income from certain of the Company’s jurisdictional activities, significantly reduce the Company’s consolidated effective income tax rate.