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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Nov. 02, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES

Provision for Income Taxes

The Company recorded a tax benefit for the Third Quarter 2018 and Year-to-Date 2018, with effective tax rates of 581.6% and 68.5%, respectively. This compares to effective tax rates of 3.0% and 33.7% for the Third Quarter 2017 and Year-to-Date 2017. The higher effective tax benefit for the Third Quarter 2018 was primarily due to revised estimates of the impact due to the Tax Act as more fully described below. The Year-to-Date 2018 rate reflects the revised estimates and the benefits of favorable state tax audit settlements for periods prior to the Separation which were recorded in the first quarter.

Tax Act
    
The Tax Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. In connection with the Tax Act, the Company re-measured its deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future under the Tax Act. Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, a provisional amount for the change in law was recorded in Fourth Quarter 2017. The Company has revised estimates related to the Tax Act and has recorded a benefit of $3.7 million in the Third Quarter 2018. The Company is still investigating potential planning opportunities as they present themselves. As such, the Company will continue its assessment of the impact of the Tax Act on the business and Consolidated Financial Statements throughout the one-year measurement period as provided by SAB 118.

Impacts from Sears
    
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. As of November 2, 2018, the Company had UTBs of $1.9 million. Of this amount, $1.5 million would, if recognized, impact its effective tax rate, with the remaining amount being comprised of UTBs related to gross temporary differences or other indirect benefits. Accordingly, an indemnification asset from Sears Holdings Corporation for the pre-Separation UTBs is recorded in Other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

On October 15, 2018, Sears Holdings Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (collectively the “Sears Filing").

As a result of the Sears Filing, the Company believes that the recovery of the UTBs provided by the Tax Sharing Agreement is uncertain. The Company recorded a non-cash charge of $2.6 million in the Third Quarter 2018 as the result of establishing a reserve against the indemnification asset. The indemnification asset was $0, $12.0 million and $7.4 million as of November 2, 2018, October 27, 2017, and February 2, 2018, respectively.