Expense Impact on deferred taxes attributable to lower enacted tax rate.

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Income taxes.

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Tax benefit from reduction of valuation allowance on tax loss carryforwards.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to revisions of previously reported income tax expense (benefit).

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate	25.00%	20.60%	18.50%	21.80%
Benefit from reduction of valuation allowance on tax loss carryforwards			$ 133	$ 90
Income tax benefit from accelerated deductions to be claimed on 2018 tax return				60
Netherlands [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Expense from the impact on deferred taxes attributable to a lower enacted tax rate				$ 50