Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

Income before income taxes is comprised of the following:

	2014		2013		2012
Domestic (including Puerto Rico)	$	2,145	$	2,070	$	1,809
Foreign	1,052		981		958
Total	$	3,197	$	3,051	$	2,767

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The provisions for income taxes for 2014, 2013, and 2012 are as follows:

	2014			2013			2012
Federal:
Current	$	696		$	572		$	591
Deferred	(105		)	16			12
Total federal	591			588			603
State:
Current	107			109			100
Deferred	(3		)	4			2
Total state	104			113			102
Foreign:
Current	369			302			312
Deferred	45			(13		)	(17		)
Total foreign	414			289			295
Total provision for income taxes	$	1,109		$	990		$	1,000

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The reconciliation between the statutory tax rate and the effective rate for 2014, 2013, and 2012 is as follows:

	2014					2013					2012
Federal taxes at statutory rate	$	1,119		35.0	%	$	1,068		35.0	%	$	969		35.0	%
State taxes, net	66			2.1		66			2.1		59			2.1
Foreign taxes, net	(85		)	(2.7	)	(87		)	(2.8	)	(61		)	(2.2	)
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)	(11		)	(0.3	)	(65		)	(2.1	)	(7		)	(0.3	)
Other	20			0.6		8			0.2		40			1.5
Total	$	1,109		34.7	%	$	990		32.4	%	$	1,000		36.1	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of the deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:

	2014			2013
Equity compensation	$	85		$	80
Deferred income/membership fees	98			130
Accrued liabilities and reserves	607			530
Other	19			42
Property and equipment	(529		)	(558		)
Merchandise inventories	(193		)	(190		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	87		$	34

Schedule Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits Table

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits for 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

	2014			2013
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at beginning of year	$	80		$	116
Gross increases—current year tax positions	9			10
Gross increases—tax positions in prior years	10			5
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior years	(11		)	(13		)
Settlements	(11		)	(38		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(2		)	0
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at end of year	$	75		$	80