Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
May 01, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
NOTE 5 | INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes is based on a current estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted to reflect the effect of discrete items. The Company’s effective income tax rate may fluctuate from quarter to quarter as a result of a variety of factors, including the estimate of annual pre-tax income, the related changes in the estimate, and the effect of discrete items. The impact of these items on the effective tax rate will be greater at lower levels of pre-tax earnings.

The Company evaluates whether deferred tax assets are realizable on a quarterly basis. The Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including past operating results and expectations of future operating income. Accordingly, the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance on deferred tax assets as of May 1, 2021.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was enacted into law. The CARES Act provides several provisions that impact the Company including the establishment of a five-year carryback of net operating losses originating in the tax years 2018, 2019, and 2020, temporarily suspending the 80% limitation on the use of net operating losses, relaxing limitation rules on business interest deductions, and retroactively clarifying that businesses may immediately write-off certain qualified leasehold improvement property dating back to January 1, 2018.

The Company’s effective tax rate was 0.2% and (4.0)% for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021 and May 2, 2020, respectively. The effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2021 reflects the impact of recording an additional valuation allowance of $10.0 million against current year losses. The effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2020 reflects the impact of establishing a valuation allowance against the Company's net deferred tax assets, which includes $54.3 million of discrete tax expense from a valuation allowance on previously recognized deferred tax assets and $6.8 million valuation allowance on 2020 U.S. state taxes and other tax credits. This tax expense was partially offset by a $19.5 million tax benefit related to the CARES Act, which includes the benefit for the portion of the estimated 2019 and 2020 U.S. Federal net operating losses that are able to be carried back to offset taxable income in the five-year carryback period.