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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income tax provision [Table Text Block] | The following table provides details of income taxes (in millions, except percentages):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014 |  | April 25, 2015 |  | April 26, 2014
Income before provision for income taxes | $ | 3,035 |  |  | $ | 2,642 |  |  | $ | 8,268 |  |  | $ | 6,937 |
Provision for income taxes | $ | 598 |  |  | $ | 461 |  |  | $ | 1,606 |  |  | $ | 1,331 |
Effective tax rate | 19.7 | % |  | 17.4 | % |  | 19.4 | % |  | 19.2 | %

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