Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 03, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

Income before income taxes is comprised of the following:

	2017		2016		2015
Domestic	$	2,988	$	2,622	$	2,574
Foreign	1,051		997		1,030
Total	$	4,039	$	3,619	$	3,604

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The provisions for income taxes for 2017, 2016, and 2015 are as follows:

	2017			2016		2015
Federal:
Current	$	802		$	468	$	766
Deferred	7			233		(12		)
Total federal	809			701		754
State:
Current	161			108		131
Deferred	8			21		1
Total state	169			129		132
Foreign:
Current	389			398		399
Deferred	(42		)	15		(90		)
Total foreign	347			413		309
Total provision for income taxes	$	1,325		$	1,243	$	1,195

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The reconciliation between the statutory tax rate and the effective rate for 2017, 2016, and 2015 is as follows:

	2017					2016					2015
Federal taxes at statutory rate	$	1,414		35.0	%	$	1,267		35.0	%	$	1,262		35.0	%
State taxes, net	116			2.9		91			2.5		85			2.3
Foreign taxes, net	(64		)	(1.6	)	(21		)	(0.6	)	(125		)	(3.5	)
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)	(104		)	(2.6	)	(17		)	(0.5	)	(66		)	(1.8	)
Other	(37		)	(0.9	)	(77		)	(2.1	)	39			1.2
Total	$	1,325		32.8	%	$	1,243		34.3	%	$	1,195		33.2	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

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

	2017			2016
Equity compensation	$	109		$	99
Deferred income/membership fees	167			177
Accrued liabilities and reserves	647			601
Other(1)	18			63
Property and equipment	(747		)	(779		)
Merchandise inventories	(252		)	(256		)
Net deferred tax (liabilities)/assets	$	(58	)	$	(95	)

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(1) Includes foreign tax credits of $36 and $78 for 2017 and 2016, respectively, which will expire beginning in 2025.

Schedule Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits Table

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits for 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	2017			2016
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at beginning of year	$	52		$	158
Gross increases—current year tax positions	3			2
Gross increases—tax positions in prior years	17			1
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior years	0			(47		)
Settlements	(11		)	(25		)
Lapse of statute of limitations	(9		)	(37		)
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at end of year	$	52		$	52