Income taxes - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Feb. 03, 2018 |
Feb. 03, 2018 |
Oct. 28, 2017 |
Jul. 29, 2017 |
Apr. 29, 2017 |
Jan. 28, 2017 |
Oct. 29, 2016 |
Jul. 30, 2016 |
Apr. 30, 2016 |
Feb. 03, 2018 |
Jan. 28, 2017 |
Jan. 30, 2016 |
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| Income taxes | ||||||||||||
| Federal corporate tax rate (as a percent) | 21.00% | 33.70% | 35.00% | 35.00% | ||||||||
| Provisional estimated effect of Tax Custs and Jobs Act (Tax Reform) | ||||||||||||
| Provisional estimated after-tax benefit for re-measurement of net deferred tax liabilities | $ 38,287 | |||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | ||||||||||||
| Decrease in provision for income taxes | $ 9,778 | $ (46,605) | $ (58,338) | $ (66,162) | $ (60,520) | $ (84,128) | $ (52,310) | $ (54,013) | $ (55,503) | $ (231,625) | $ (245,954) | $ (187,432) |
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- Definition Amount of reasonable estimate for income tax expense (benefit) for remeasurement of deferred tax from change in tax rate pursuant to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 for which accounting for tax effect is incomplete. No definition available.
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- Definition Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- References No definition available.
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