Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Nov. 03, 2018

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

The following table provides information about receivables and contract liabilities from our contracts with customers, which reflects the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of November 3, 2018, and February 4, 2018 ($ in millions):



	November 3, 2018		February 4, 2018
Receivables, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts of $15 and $24, respectively	$	588	$	674
Short-term contract liabilities included in:
Unredeemed gift cards	281		316
Deferred revenue	449		408
Accrued liabilities	149		151
Long-term contract liabilities included in:
Long-term liabilities	12		22

We establish allowances for uncollectible receivables based on historical collection trends and write-off history. The following table summarizes our allowance for doubtful accounts activity related to contracts with customers during the nine months ended November 3, 2018 ($ in millions):



	Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Balance at February 4, 2018	$	24
Charged to expenses or other accounts	27
Other⁽¹⁾	(36		)
Balance at November 3, 2018	$	15


(1)	Includes bad debt write-offs, recoveries and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations.

The following table summarizes significant changes in our contract liability balances during the nine months ended November 3, 2018 ($ in millions):



	Nine Months Ended
	November 3, 2018
Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance(s) as of February 4, 2018	$	729
Revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied in previous periods	—
Increase due to acquisition⁽¹⁾	14
Adjustments⁽²⁾	2


(1)	Represents an increase in our contract liability balances due to our acquisition of GreatCall, primarily related to deferred revenue.


(2)	Includes changes in the measure of progress, changes in the estimate of the transaction price or contract modifications.

Revenue, Performance Obligation [Abstract]

Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Table Text Block]

The following table includes estimated revenue from our contract liability balances expected to be recognized in future periods if performance of the contract is expected to have a duration of more than one year ($ in millions):



	November 3, 2018⁽¹⁾
Remainder of fiscal 2019	$	6
Fiscal 2020	14
Fiscal 2021	6
Fiscal 2022	2
Fiscal 2023 and thereafter	1

(1)

We have elected to exclude unsatisfied performance obligations from contract liability balances with a duration of one year or less. The estimated transaction price revenue disclosed above also does not include amounts of variable consideration attributable to contracts where the consideration is constrained at November 3, 2018. Further information about our forms of variable consideration is disclosed below.