INCOME TAXES

The Company’s (loss) income before income taxes in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions is as follows:



(in thousands)	Fiscal 2015			Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
(Loss) income before income taxes:
United States	$	(31,206	)	$	114,772	$	117,318
Foreign	1,967			5,785		11,073
Total (loss) income before income taxes	$	(29,239	)	$	120,557	$	128,391

The components of the (benefit from) provision for income taxes are as follows:



(in thousands)	Fiscal 2015			Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
United States	$	(9,737	)	$	44,503	$	46,272
Foreign	46			2,255		3,272
Total (benefit) provision	$	(9,691	)	$	46,758	$	49,544



(in thousands)	Fiscal 2015			Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
Current:
Federal	$	10,524		$	20,902	$	46,355
State	2,409			6,361		5,631
Foreign	46			1,950		2,519
Total current	12,979			29,213		54,505
Deferred:
Federal	(20,956		)	14,579		(4,238		)
State	(1,714		)	2,661		(426		)
Foreign	—			305		(297		)
Total deferred	(22,670		)	17,545		(4,961		)
Total (benefit) provision	$	(9,691	)	$	46,758	$	49,544

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:



	Fiscal 2015		Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
Tax at statutory federal tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	(1.6	)%	2.9	%	2.6	%
Other, net	(0.3	)%	0.9	%	1.0	%
Total	33.1	%	38.8	%	38.6	%

Deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:



(in thousands)	January 29, 2016		January 30, 2015
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred revenue	$	5,349	$	7,894
Credit carryforwards	—		5,964
Product recall and other reserves	1,839		5,253
Deferred compensation	3,199		4,823
Reserve for returns	4,911		4,695
Inventory	4,231		4,822
Currency translation adjustment - foreign subsidiaries	5,053		3,931
Other	6,935		7,518
Total deferred tax assets	31,517		44,900
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets	161,503		197,786
LIFO reserve	20,153		19,864
Unremitted foreign earnings	5,722		4,782
Catalog marketing	1,390		3,474
Other	—		39
Total deferred tax liabilities	188,768		225,945
Net deferred tax liability	$	157,251	$	181,045

During Fiscal 2015, the Company adopted ASU 2015-017, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, which requires an entity to present deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet rather than as current and noncurrent. Asof January 30, 2015, the Company reclassified $3,438 of current deferred tax assets to noncurrent deferred tax liabilities to conform to the current year presentation.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of UTBs for the fiscal years is as follows:



	Federal, State and Foreign Tax
(in thousands)	Fiscal 2015			Fiscal 2014		Fiscal 2013
Gross UTB balance at beginning of period	$	9,082		$	8,718	$	8,507
Tax positions related to the current period—gross increases	116			364		252
Tax positions related to the prior periods—gross decreases	(697		)	—		(41		)
Settlements	(190		)	—		—
Gross UTB balance at end of period	$	8,311		$	9,082	$	8,718

As of January 29, 2016, the Company had UTBs of $8.3 million. Of this amount, $5.4 million would, if recognized, impact its effective tax rate. The Company does not expect that UTBs will fluctuate in the next 12 months for tax audit settlements and the expiration of the statute of limitations for certain jurisdictions. Pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement, Sears Holdings Corporation is generally responsible for all United States federal, state and local UTBs through the date of the Separation and, as such, the UTBs are recorded in Other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and an indemnification asset from Sears Holdings Corporation for the $8.0 million pre-Separation UTBs is recorded in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company classifies interest expense and penalties related to UTBs and interest income on tax overpayments as components of income tax expense. As of January 29, 2016, the total amount of interest expense and penalties recognized on the balance sheet was $5.7 million ($3.7 million net of federal benefit). As of January 30, 2015, the total amount of interest and penalties recognized on the balance sheet was $5.5 million ($3.6 million net of federal benefit). The total amount of net interest expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Operations was $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million for Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013. Sears Holdings and Lands' End files income tax returns in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. The Internal Revenue Service has completed its examination of all federal income tax returns of Sears Holdings through the 2009 return, and all matters arising from such examinations have been resolved. Sears Holdings and the Company are under examination by various state income tax jurisdictions for the years 2002 to 2012.

Impacts of Separation

Prior to the Separation, the tax provision and related tax accounts represented the tax attributable to the Company as if the Company filed a separate tax return. However, the computed obligations were settled through Sears Holdings Corporation. Accordingly, the taxes payable and related tax payments were reflected directly in Net parent company investment in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As a result of the Separation, the Company will be filing its own income tax returns and, as a result certain tax attributes previously included in Net parent company investment have been reclassified. Specifically, subsequent to the Separation the Company reclassified (i) $30.4 million of deferred tax assets related primarily to foreign tax credits; and (ii) a $13.7 million reserve for uncertain tax positions (including penalties and interest) out of Net parent company investment and into Deferred tax liabilities and Other liabilities, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, a $13.7 million receivable was recorded by the Company to reflect the indemnification by Sears Holdings Corporation of the pre-Separation uncertain tax positions (including penalties and interest) for which Sears Holdings is responsible. This receivable has been included in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.