Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 28, 2011

Income Taxes

Income Before Income Taxes

	2011		2010		2009
Domestic (including Puerto Rico)	$	1,526	$	1,426	$	1,426
Foreign		857		628		301
Total	$	2,383	$	2,054	$	1,727

Schedule Of Foreign And Domestic Income Taxes

	2011			2010		2009
Federal:
Current	$	409		$	445	$	396
Deferred		74			1		67
Total federal		483			446		463
State:
Current		78			79		66
Deferred		14			5		12
Total state		92			84		78
Foreign:
Current		270			200		94
Deferred		(4	)		1		(7	)
Total foreign		266			201		87
Total provision for income taxes	$	841		$	731	$	628

Reconciliation Between Statutory And Effective Rates

	2011					2010					2009
Federal taxes at statutory rate	$	834		35.0	%	$	718		35.0	%	$	604		35.0	%
State taxes, net		55		2.4			56		2.7			48		2.8
Foreign taxes, net		(66	)	(2.8	)		(38	)	(1.9	)		(24	)	(1.4	)
Other		18		0.7			(5	)	(0.2	)		0		0
Total	$	841		35.3	%	$	731		35.6	%	$	628		36.4	%

Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	2011		2010
Equity compensation	$	89	$	112
Deferred income/membership fees		134		118
Accrued liabilities and reserves		429		392
Other		32		35
Total deferred tax assets		684		657
Property and equipment		494		414
Merchandise inventories		164		170
Total deferred tax liabilities		658		584
Net deferred tax assets	$	26	$	73

Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	2011			2010
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at beginning of year	$	83		$	80
Gross increases—current year tax positions		21			29
Gross increases—tax positions in prior years		10			4
Gross decreases—tax positions in prior years		(6	)		(1	)
Settlements		(1	)		(27	)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(1	)		(2	)
Gross unrecognized tax benefit at end of year	$	106		$	83