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Note 17. Income taxes	9 Months Ended
Nov. 02, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	17. Income taxes We recorded a provision for income taxes of $4.2 million and $18.9 million for the three months ended November 2, 2013 and October 27, 2012, respectively. The provision for income taxes was $9.4 million and $19.5 million for the nine months ended November 2, 2013 and October 27, 2012, respectively. The decrease in tax expense for the three and nine months ended November 2, 2013 is primarily attributable to the establishment of a valuation allowance against our U.S. federal deferred tax assets during the three months ended October 27, 2012. During the three and nine months ended November 2, 2013, we were unable to reasonably project our annual effective tax rate, and therefore computed our provision for income taxes based on year-to-date actual financial results. Included in our provision for income taxes are foreign exchange gains or losses on unsettled income tax liabilities. We benefit from tax incentives granted by local tax authorities in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Economic Development Board of Singapore granted development and expansion incentives to our wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore in 2008 for a period of four years, contingent on meeting specified requirements, which ended March 1, 2012. The Company is currently in negotiation with the Economic Development Board for its operations plan in Singapore and is not benefiting from the incentives during the three months and nine months ended November 2, 2013. Management estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for gross unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties, could decrease within the next 12 months by an amount in the range of $0 to $13.2 million. The gross unrecognized tax benefits subject to potential decrease primarily involve uncertainties related to an acquisition and tax incentives in various jurisdictions where ongoing audits and negotiations may conclude.

Note 17. Income taxes

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2013

17. Income taxes

We recorded a provision for income taxes of $4.2 million and $18.9 million for the three months ended November 2, 2013 and October 27, 2012, respectively. The provision for income taxes was $9.4 million and $19.5 million for the nine months ended November 2, 2013 and October 27, 2012, respectively. The decrease in tax expense for the three and nine months ended November 2, 2013 is primarily attributable to the establishment of a valuation allowance against our U.S. federal deferred tax assets during the three months ended October 27, 2012. During the three and nine months ended November 2, 2013, we were unable to reasonably project our annual effective tax rate, and therefore computed our provision for income taxes based on year-to-date actual financial results. Included in our provision for income taxes are foreign exchange gains or losses on unsettled income tax liabilities.

We benefit from tax incentives granted by local tax authorities in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Economic Development Board of Singapore granted development and expansion incentives to our wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore in 2008 for a period of four years, contingent on meeting specified requirements, which ended March 1, 2012. The Company is currently in negotiation with the Economic Development Board for its operations plan in Singapore and is not benefiting from the incentives during the three months and nine months ended November 2, 2013.

Management estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for gross unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties, could decrease within the next 12 months by an amount in the range of $0 to $13.2 million. The gross unrecognized tax benefits subject to potential decrease primarily involve uncertainties related to an acquisition and tax incentives in various jurisdictions where ongoing audits and negotiations may conclude.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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