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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income tax (provision) benefit |
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Income before income taxes, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  | $ | 2,431 |  |  | $ | 2,619 |  |  | $ | 839 |
U.S. |  | 178 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 446 |
|  | $ | 2,609 |  |  | $ | 2,733 |  |  | $ | 1,285 |
Income tax (provision) benefit: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  | $ | (93 | ) |  | $ | (46 | ) |  | $ | (17 | )
State |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
U.S. federal |  | 6 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | — |
|  | (88 | ) |  | (51 | ) |  | (17 | )
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign |  | (85 | ) |  | (81 | ) |  | 9 |
U.S. federal |  | 15 |  |  | 4 |  |  | — |
State |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
|  | (69 | ) |  | (77 | ) |  | 9 |
Income tax (provision) benefit |  | $ | (157 | ) |  | $ | (128 | ) |  | $ | (8 | )
Income tax (provision) benefit computed using the U.S. federal statutory rate reconciled to income tax (provision) benefit | Income tax (provision) benefit computed using the U.S. federal statutory rate reconciled to income tax (provision) benefit was as follows:
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
U.S. federal income tax (provision) benefit at statutory rate |  | $ | (913 | ) |  | $ | (956 | ) |  | $ | (450 | )
Change in unrecognized tax benefits |  | (118 | ) |  | (152 | ) |  | 2 |
Foreign tax rate differential |  | 515 |  |  | 474 |  |  | 339 |
Change in valuation allowance |  | 260 |  |  | 544 |  |  | (418 | )
Noncontrolling investment transactions |  | 57 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Tax credits |  | 53 |  |  | 11 |  |  | 36 |
State taxes, net of federal benefit |  | 19 |  |  | (39 | ) |  | 6 |
Gain on MMJ Acquisition |  | — |  |  | (11 | ) |  | 520 |
Transaction costs related to the MMJ Acquisition |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (38 | )
Other |  | (30 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (5 | )
Income tax (provision) benefit |  | $ | (157 | ) |  | $ | (128 | ) |  | $ | (8 | )
Deferred tax assets and liabilities | Deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following:
As of |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards |  | $ | 2,869 |  |  | $ | 3,162 |
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits |  | 143 |  |  | 152 |
Other accrued liabilities |  | 97 |  |  | 113 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | — |  |  | 284 |
Other |  | 86 |  |  | 104 |
Gross deferred tax assets |  | 3,195 |  |  | 3,815 |
Less valuation allowance |  | (2,051 | ) |  | (2,443 | )
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |  | 1,144 |  |  | 1,372 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Debt discount |  | (207 | ) |  | (291 | )
Unremitted earnings on certain subsidiaries |  | (162 | ) |  | (115 | )
Product and process technology |  | (43 | ) |  | (29 | )
Other |  | (57 | ) |  | (67 | )
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (469 | ) |  | (502 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 675 |  |  | $ | 870 |
Reported as: |  |  |  |
Current deferred tax assets (included in other current assets) |  | $ | 104 |  |  | $ | 228 |
Noncurrent deferred tax assets |  | 597 |  |  | 816 |
Current deferred tax liabilities (included in accounts payable and accrued expenses) |  | (4 | ) |  | (4 | )
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities (included in other noncurrent liabilities) |  | (22 | ) |  | (170 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 675 |  |  | $ | 870 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | As of September 3, 2015, our federal, state, and foreign net operating loss carryforward amounts and expiration periods as reported to tax authorities, were as follows:
Year of Expiration |  | U.S. Federal |  | State |  | Japan |  | Other Foreign |  | Total
2016 - 2020 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 103 |  |  | $ | 1,311 |  |  | $ | 1,011 |  |  | $ | 2,425 |
2021 - 2025 |  | — |  |  | 265 |  |  | 2,499 |  |  | 294 |  |  | 3,058 |
2026 - 2030 |  | 2,022 |  |  | 1,028 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,050 |
2031 - 2035 |  | 1,999 |  |  | 652 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,651 |
Indefinite |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 30 |  |  | 30 |
|  | $ | 4,021 |  |  | $ | 2,048 |  |  | $ | 3,810 |  |  | $ | 1,335 |  |  | $ | 11,214 |
Federal and state tax credit carryforwards | As of September 3, 2015, our federal and state tax credit carryforward amounts and expiration periods as reported to tax authorities, were as follows:
Year of Tax Credit Expiration |  | Federal |  | State |  | Total
2016 - 2020 |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 65 |  |  | $ | 85 |
2021 - 2025 |  | 99 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 142 |
2026 - 2030 |  | 65 |  |  | 61 |  |  | 126 |
2031 - 2035 |  | 119 |  |  | — |  |  | 119 |
Indefinite |  | — |  |  | 39 |  |  | 39 |
|  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 208 |  |  | $ | 511 |
Reconciliation of beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits | Below is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits:
For the year ended |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Beginning unrecognized tax benefits |  | $ | 228 |  |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 77 |
Increases related to tax positions taken during current year |  | 119 |  |  | 152 |  |  | 4 |
Increases related to tax positions from prior years |  | 17 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation increases (decreases) to tax positions |  | (6 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
Lapse of statute of limitations |  | (6 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Settlements with tax authorities |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (8 | )
Decreases related to tax positions from prior years |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Unrecognized tax benefits acquired in current year |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Ending unrecognized tax benefits |  | $ | 351 |  |  | $ | 228 |  |  | $ | 78 |

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