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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts Tables Abstract |
Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II FEDEX CORPORATION VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED MAY 31, 2017, 2016, AND 2015 (IN MILLIONS)
|  |  |  |  |  | ADDITIONS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DESCRIPTION |  | BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF YEAR |  |  | CHARGED TO EXPENSES |  |  | CHARGED TO OTHER ACCOUNTS |  |  | DEDUCTIONS |  |  | BALANCE AT END OF YEAR |
Accounts Receivable Reserves: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | 73 |  |  | $ | 136 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 94 |  | (a) | $ | 115 |
2016 |  |  | 86 |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 134 |  | (a) |  | 73 |
2015 |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | 145 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 140 |  | (a) |  | 86 |
Allowance for Revenue Adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | 105 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 941 |  | (b) | $ | 909 |  | (c) | $ | 137 |
2016 |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 692 |  | (b) | 686 |  | (c) |  | 105 |
2015 |  |  | 83 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 740 |  | (b) | 724 |  | (c) |  | 99 |
Inventory Valuation Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  | $ | 218 |  |  | $ | 26 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 237 |
2016 |  |  | 207 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 218 |
2015 |  |  | 212 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 207 |
(a) | Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries, and other adjustments.
(b) | Principally charged against revenue.
(c) | Service failures, rebills and other.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the activity by class in any valuation allowance for impairment of recognized servicing assets - including beginning and ending balances, aggregate additions charged and recoveries credited to operations, and aggregate write-downs charged against allowance. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (e) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68078379&loc=d3e122739-111746 + Details
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