Income taxes Components of income tax (benefit) expense (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2017

Income taxes [Abstract]

Components of income tax expense (benefit) [Table Text Block]

Components of income tax (benefit) expense	2016	2015
Current
Federal	($106)	$12
Foreign	837	1,541
State and other	(1,309)	71
Subtotal	(578)	1,624
Deferred
Federal	—	—
Foreign	(33)	(249)
State and other	—	—
Subtotal	(33)	(249)
Total	($611)	$1,375

Effective income tax rate reconciliation[Table Text Block]

	2016	2015
Tax (benefit) expense at federal statutory rate	($4,412)	$1,023
Permanent differences management fee allocation	—	619
Domestic valuation allowance	567	804
Permanent differences other	205	214
Valuation allowance for state NOLs	122	88
Differences in foreign tax rate	2,131	(780)
Foreign tax credit	(1,249)	(761)
Domestic deferred tax true ups	—	(346)
Research tax credit	—	(54)
Repatriation	1,338	821
Valuation allowance for foreign NOLs	(36)	32
Nontaxable loss (income) from the Canadian joint venture	551	(205)
Nondeductible interest	242	—
State taxes, net of federal benefit	(103)	(58)
All other, net expense	33	(22)
Total	($611)		$1,375