Income taxes UTP (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]

Summary of income tax contingencies [Table Text Block]

	2.015	2.014
Balance at beginning of the year	$1,288	$1,358
Increases in positions taken in a prior period	11	17
Increases in positions taken in a current period	14	—
Decreases due to lapse of statute of limitations	—	(42	)
Decreases due to settlements	—	(45	)
Balance at end of the year	$1,313	$1,288

Included in the total UTP liability at January 31, 2016 were estimated accrued interest of $28 thousand and penalties of $17 thousand and at January 31, 2015, accrued interest was $17 thousand and penalties were $15 thousand. These non-current income tax liabilities are recorded in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company's policy is to include interest and penalties in income tax expense. At January 31, 2016, the Company did not anticipate any significant adjustments to its unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. Included in the balance at January 31, 2016 were amounts offset by deferred taxes (i.e., temporary differences) or amounts that could be offset by refunds in other taxing jurisdictions (i.e., corollary adjustments). Thus, $1.3 million of the amount accrued at January 31, 2016 would impact the ETR, if reversed.