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Income Taxes (Details 2) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 28, 2014
Nov. 29, 2013
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Deferred tax attributes related to stock-based compensation $ 49,200,000adbe_DeferredTaxAttributes  
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries [Abstract]    
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 3,300,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Amount of Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability, Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries 900,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityUndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries  
Valuation Allowance [Abstract]    
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance 22,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 21,493,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount 600,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Federal [Member]    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforward 22,600,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
 
Tax credit carry forward 1,600,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
 
State [Member]    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Tax credit carry forward 26,700,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Net operating loss carryforward 3,400,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
 
Tax credit carry forward $ 22,400,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
 
Minimum [Member]    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Other Tax Carryforward, Expiration Dates Jan. 01, 2015  
Maximum [Member]    
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]    
Other Tax Carryforward, Expiration Dates Jan. 01, 2033