Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

schedule of income before income tax

	Fiscal year ended September 30,
	2013	2012	2011
Domestic	$ 793,137	$ 1,193,047	$ 1,105,481
Foreign	31,321	23,826	12,508
Total	$ 824,458	$ 1,216,873	$ 1,117,989

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2013	2012	2011
Current provision:
Federal	$ 259,457	$ 356,843	$ 194,816
State and local	37,602	32,438	26,527
Foreign	8,391	4,953	4,354
	305,450	394,234	225,697
Deferred provision:
Federal	29,189	47,348	174,412
State and local	(3,375)	11,959	20,462
Foreign	(241)	1,971	(77)
	25,573	61,278	194,797
Provision for income taxes	$ 331,023	$ 455,512	$ 420,494

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2011
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State and local income tax rate, net of federal tax benefit	3.0		2.3		1.7
Foreign	(0.3)		(0.1)		-
Warrants	2.3		-		-
Other	0.2		0.2		0.9
Effective income tax rate	40.2	%	37.4	%	37.6	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	September 30,
	2013	2012
Merchandise inventories	$ 1,016,522	$ 985,571
Property and equipment	128,289	132,732
Goodwill and other intangible assets	260,357	249,913
Other	1,322	705
Gross deferred tax liabilities	1,406,490	1,368,921
Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards	(61,726)	(59,994)
Capital loss carryforwards	(297,806)	(230,395)
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(30,073)	(30,856)
Accrued expenses	(16,731)	(9,651)
Employee and retiree benefits	(4,884)	(17,392)
Stock options	(29,356)	(28,197)
Other	(66,537)	(57,596)
Gross deferred tax assets	(507,113)	(434,081)
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	327,546	254,182
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	(179,567)	(179,899)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ 1,226,923	$ 1,189,022

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]

Balance at September 30, 2010	$ 36,830
Additions of tax positions of the current year	5,866
Additions of tax positions of the prior years	3,592
Reductions of tax positions of the prior years	(386)
Settlements with taxing authorities	(7,136)
Expiration of statutes of limitations	(2,963)
Balance at September 30, 2011	35,803
Additions of tax positions of the current year	6,094
Additions of tax positions of the prior years	1,045
Additions of tax positions due to acquisitions	2,748
Reductions of tax positions of the prior years	(5,177)
Settlements with taxing authorities	(2,286)
Expiration of statutes of limitations	(1,237)
Balance at September 30, 2012	36,990
Additions of tax positions of the current year	5,272
Additions of tax positions of the prior years	2,825
Additions of tax positions due to acquisitions	2,500
Settlements with taxing authorities	(519)
Expiration of statutes of limitations	(801)
Balance at September 30, 2013	$ 46,267