Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

12. Segment Information

We have defined seven reportable segments based on factors such as how we manage our operations and how our chief operating decision maker views results. We define the chief operating decision maker as our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer. Our chief operating decision maker organizes and manages our business primarily on the basis of product and service offerings.

All of our business segments except Other Businesses operate primarily in the United States and sell primarily to customers in the United States. International total net revenue was less than 5% of consolidated total net revenue for all periods presented.

We include expenses such as corporate selling and marketing, product development, and general and administrative expenses and share-based compensation expenses that are not allocated to specific segments in unallocated corporate items. Unallocated corporate items also include amortization of acquired technology and amortization of other acquired intangible assets.

The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note 1 to the financial statements in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2010. Except for goodwill and purchased intangible assets, we do not generally track assets by reportable segment and, consequently, we do not disclose total assets by reportable segment.

The following table shows our financial results by reportable segment for the periods indicated. Results for our Other Businesses segment for the nine months ended April 30, 2010 have been adjusted to exclude results for our Intuit Real Estate Solutions business, which we sold in January 2010. See Note 6.

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	April 30,			April 30,			April 30,			April 30,
(In millions)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net revenue:
Financial Management Solutions	$	183		$	164		$	524		$	452
Employee Management Solutions		115			103			338			305
Payment Solutions		93			79			258			233
Consumer Tax		1,036			880			1,270			1,120
Accounting Professionals		225			205			372			351
Financial Services		89			85			254			247
Other Businesses		107			91			242			210
Total net revenue	$	1,848		$	1,607		$	3,258		$	2,918
Operating income:
Financial Management Solutions	$	61		$	44		$	154		$	106
Employee Management Solutions		70			63			197			180
Payment Solutions		20			15			44			50
Consumer Tax		853			714			877			771
Accounting Professionals		187			167			241			229
Financial Services		20			18			57			57
Other Businesses		42			38			59			63
Total segment operating income		1,253			1,059			1,629			1,456
Unallocated corporate items:
Share-based compensation expense		(39	)		(34	)		(112	)		(98	)
Other common expenses		(138	)		(122	)		(403	)		(357	)
Amortization of acquired technology		(4	)		(5	)		(13	)		(43	)
Amortization of other acquired intangible assets		(11	)		(10	)		(33	)		(31	)
Total unallocated corporate items		(192	)		(171	)		(561	)		(529	)
Total operating income from continuing operations	$	1,061		$	888		$	1,068		$	927