Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Deferred Taxes and Valuation Allowance The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent the Company believes these assets will more likely than not be realized. The valuation allowance was $1.3 million at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020. The federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards as of April 30, 2020 were approximately $6.6 million before tax effects. If not utilized, the NOL generated from the 1/31/2015 tax year will expire after 1/31/2035, and the NOL generated after 01/31/2018 will be carried forward indefintley. The state net opering loss (“NOL”) carryforwards as of April 30, 2020 were approximately $22.6 million before tax effects. The state NOLs with carry forward limitations will begin to expire after 1/31/2025 and will continue to expire at various periods up until 1/31/2039 when they will be fully expired. The states have a larger spread because some only carryforward for 10 years and some allow 20 years. The Georgia NOLs generated after 1/31/2018 can be carried forward indefinitely. Tax Reform On December 22, 2017, new federal tax reform legislation was enacted in the United States, resulting in significant changes from previous tax law. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) reduced the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% from 35% effective January 1, 2018. The Tax Act requires us to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment, such as determining the transition tax, re-measuring our US deferred tax assets as well as reassessing the net realizability of our deferred tax assets. The Company completed this re-measurement and reassessment in FY18. While the Tax Act provides for a modified territorial tax system, beginning in 2018, it includes two new U.S. tax base erosion provisions, the global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) provisions and the base-erosion and anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) provisions. The GILTI provisions require the Company to include in its U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary’s tangible assets. The regulations were finalized as of June 14, 2019 and reassessment of the GILTI tax as it is currently written resulted in a charge to tax expense of $1.2 and $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company intends to account for the GILTI tax in the period in which it is incurred. Though this non-cash expense (due to use of existing NOLs) has a materially negative impact on earnings, the Tax Act also changes the taxation of foreign earnings, and companies generally will not be subject to United States federal income taxes upon the receipt of dividends from foreign subsidiaries. The BEAT provisions in the Tax Act pertain to companies with average annual gross receipts of $500 million for the prior 3-year period and eliminate the deduction of certain base-erosion payments made to related foreign corporations and impose a minimum tax if greater than regular tax. Based on current guidelines the Company does not expect the BEAT provision to have an impact on U.S. tax expense. We previously considered substantially all of the earnings in our non-U.S. subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S. and, accordingly, recorded no deferred income taxes on such earnings. At this time, the applicable provisions of the Tax Act have been fully analyzed and our intention with respect to unremitted foreign earnings is to continue to indefinitely reinvest outside the U.S. those earnings needed for working capital or additional foreign investment. As stated above, GILTI is recognized in the period it is incurred and is not considered with regard to deferred income tax on unremitted earnings and profits. All international subsidiaries are impacted by GILTI calculation. Income Tax Expense Income tax expenses consist of federal, state and foreign income taxes. Items impacting the effective rate are foreign income subject to US tax (including Tax Reform impacts), tax rates in foreign jurisdictions, US state income taxes, tax deductions for restricted stock vesting, company borrowing structures, and other permanent tax differences.

Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

Deferred Taxes and Valuation Allowance

The Company records net deferred tax assets to the extent the Company believes these assets will more likely than not be realized. The valuation allowance was $1.3 million at April 30, 2020 and January 31, 2020.

The federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards as of April 30, 2020 were approximately $6.6 million before tax effects. If not utilized, the NOL generated from the 1/31/2015 tax year will expire after 1/31/2035, and the NOL generated after 01/31/2018 will be carried forward indefintley.

The state net opering loss (“NOL”) carryforwards as of April 30, 2020 were approximately $22.6 million before tax effects. The state NOLs with carry forward limitations will begin to expire after 1/31/2025 and will continue to expire at various periods up until 1/31/2039 when they will be fully expired. The states have a larger spread because some only carryforward for 10 years and some allow 20 years. The Georgia NOLs generated after 1/31/2018 can be carried forward indefinitely.

Tax Reform

On December 22, 2017, new federal tax reform legislation was enacted in the United States, resulting in significant changes from previous tax law. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) reduced the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% from 35% effective January 1, 2018. The Tax Act requires us to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment, such as determining the transition tax, re-measuring our US deferred tax assets as well as reassessing the net realizability of our deferred tax assets. The Company completed this re-measurement and reassessment in FY18. While the Tax Act provides for a modified territorial tax system, beginning in 2018, it includes two new U.S. tax base erosion provisions, the global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) provisions and the base-erosion and anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) provisions. The GILTI provisions require the Company to include in its U.S. income tax return foreign subsidiary earnings in excess of an allowable return on the foreign subsidiary’s tangible assets. The regulations were finalized as of June 14, 2019 and reassessment of the GILTI tax as it is currently written resulted in a charge to tax expense of $1.2 and $0.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company intends to account for the GILTI tax in the period in which it is incurred. Though this non-cash expense (due to use of existing NOLs) has a materially negative impact on earnings, the Tax Act also changes the taxation of foreign earnings, and companies generally will not be subject to United States federal income taxes upon the receipt of dividends from foreign subsidiaries.

The BEAT provisions in the Tax Act pertain to companies with average annual gross receipts of $500 million for the prior 3-year period and eliminate the deduction of certain base-erosion payments made to related foreign corporations and impose a minimum tax if greater than regular tax. Based on current guidelines the Company does not expect the BEAT provision to have an impact on U.S. tax expense.

We previously considered substantially all of the earnings in our non-U.S. subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S. and, accordingly, recorded no deferred income taxes on such earnings. At this time, the applicable provisions of the Tax Act have been fully analyzed and our intention with respect to unremitted foreign earnings is to continue to indefinitely reinvest outside the U.S. those earnings needed for working capital or additional foreign investment. As stated above, GILTI is recognized in the period it is incurred and is not considered with regard to deferred income tax on unremitted earnings and profits. All international subsidiaries are impacted by GILTI calculation.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expenses consist of federal, state and foreign income taxes. Items impacting the effective rate are foreign income subject to US tax (including Tax Reform impacts), tax rates in foreign jurisdictions, US state income taxes, tax deductions for restricted stock vesting, company borrowing structures, and other permanent tax differences.

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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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