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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 29, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Earnings before Provision for Income Taxes | The components of Earnings before Provision for Income Taxes for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (amounts in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016 |  | February 1, 2015
United States | $ | 11,568 |  |  | $ | 10,207 |  |  | $ | 9,217 |
Foreign | 923 |  |  | 814 |  |  | 759 |
Total | $ | 12,491 |  |  | $ | 11,021 |  |  | $ | 9,976 |
Provision for Income Taxes | The Provision for Income Taxes consisted of the following (amounts in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016 |  | February 1, 2015
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 3,870 |  |  | $ | 3,228 |  |  | $ | 2,884 |
State | 462 |  |  | 466 |  |  | 373 |
Foreign | 315 |  |  | 296 |  |  | 258 |
| 4,647 |  |  | 3,990 |  |  | 3,515 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (102 | ) |  | 21 |  |  | 127 |
State | 13 |  |  | 10 |  |  | (11 | )
Foreign | (24 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | — |
| (113 | ) |  | 22 |  |  | 116 |
Total | $ | 4,534 |  |  | $ | 4,012 |  |  | $ | 3,631 |
Reconciliation of Provision for Income Taxes | The reconciliation of the Provision for Income Taxes at the federal statutory rate of 35% to the actual tax expense for the applicable fiscal years was as follows (amounts in millions):
| Fiscal Year Ended
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016 |  | February 1, 2015
Income taxes at federal statutory rate | $ | 4,372 |  |  | $ | 3,857 |  |  | $ | 3,492 |
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit | 309 |  |  | 309 |  |  | 235 |
Other, net | (147 | ) |  | (154 | ) |  | (96 | )
Total | $ | 4,534 |  |  | $ | 4,012 |  |  | $ | 3,631 |
Tax Effects of Temporary Differences | The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of January 29, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows (amounts in millions):
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016
Assets: |  |  |
Deferred compensation | $ | 284 |  |  | $ | 269 |
Accrued self-insurance liabilities | 440 |  |  | 433 |
State income taxes | 152 |  |  | 140 |
Non-deductible reserves | 328 |  |  | 315 |
Net operating losses | 33 |  |  | 58 |
Other | 268 |  |  | 267 |
Total Deferred Tax Assets | 1,505 |  |  | 1,482 |
Valuation Allowance | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Total Deferred Tax Assets after Valuation Allowance | 1,502 |  |  | 1,479 |
Liabilities: |  |  |
Inventories | (64 | ) |  | (129 | )
Property and equipment | (1,128 | ) |  | (1,165 | )
Goodwill and other intangibles | (368 | ) |  | (368 | )
Other | (147 | ) |  | (116 | )
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities | (1,707 | ) |  | (1,778 | )
Net Deferred Tax Liabilities | $ | (205 | ) |  | $ | (299 | )
Tax Balance Sheet Accounts | (amounts in millions):
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016
Other Assets | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 80 |
Deferred Income Taxes | (296 | ) |  | (379 | )
Net Deferred Tax Liabilities | $ | (205 | ) |  | $ | (299 | )
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | Reconciliations of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (amounts in millions):
| January 29, 2017 |  | January 31, 2016 |  | February 1, 2015
Unrecognized tax benefits balance at beginning of fiscal year | $ | 689 |  |  | $ | 765 |  |  | $ | 790 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 147 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 179 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 14 |  |  | 126 |  |  | 34 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (161 | ) |  | (350 | ) |  | (212 | )
Reductions due to settlements | (16 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  | (7 | )
Reductions due to lapse of statute of limitations | (14 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (19 | )
Unrecognized tax benefits balance at end of fiscal year | $ | 659 |  |  | $ | 689 |  |  | $ | 765 |

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