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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Oct. 29, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes is based on a current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for quarterly events. Our effective income tax rate may fluctuate from quarter to quarter as a result of a variety of factors, including changes in our assessment of certain tax contingencies, valuation allowances, changes in tax law, outcomes of administrative audits, the impact of discrete items, and the mix of earnings.
For the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2016 and October 31, 2015, the effective tax rate was 22.9% and (55.7)%, respectively. For the thirteen weeks ended October 29, 2016, the income tax provision was $7.0 million compared to the income tax benefit of $14.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended October 31, 2015. The favorability in the effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2016 primarily reflects an additional tax benefit related to the disposition of Boston Proper's stock and the realization of income tax credits in 2016. The income tax benefit for the third quarter of 2015 of $14.6 million and effective tax rate of (55.7)% primarily reflected the tax benefit related to the disposition of Boston Proper's stock and the impact of the Boston Proper goodwill and trade name impairment on the annual effective tax rate.
For the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2016, the income tax provision of $40.1 million and effective tax rate of 34.0% primarily reflected the pre-tax net income during the year and the additional tax benefit related to the disposition of Boston Proper's stock and the realization of income tax credits in 2016. For the thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015, the income tax benefit was $23.1 million. The effective tax rate of 34.0% for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 29, 2016 was not comparable to the effective tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 31, 2015 primarily due to the tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2015 related to the disposition of Boston Proper's stock and the impact of the Boston Proper goodwill impairment on the annual effective tax rate.