Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details) - Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 03, 2015 |
Aug. 28, 2014 |
Aug. 29, 2013 |
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| Balance at Beginning of Year | $ 2,443 | $ 3,155 | $ 1,470 |
| Business Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 1,292 |
| Charged (Credited) to Income Tax Provision | (260) | (544) | 418 |
| Currency Translation and Charges to Other Accounts | (132) | (168) | (25) |
| Balance at End of Year | $ 2,051 | $ 2,443 | $ 3,155 |
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- Definition Change in the valuation allowance due to the amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. No definition available.
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- Definition Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of the deductions in a given period to allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, representing receivables written off as uncollectible and portions of the reserves utilized, respectively. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, acquired in a business combination. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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