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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2018
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | SCHEDULE II FEDEX CORPORATION VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED MAY 31, 2018, 2017 AND 2016 (IN MILLIONS)
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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 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 115 |  |  | $ | 246 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 162 |  | (a) | $ | 199 |
2017 |  |  | 73 |  |  |  | 136 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 94 |  | (a) |  | 115 |
2016 |  |  | 86 |  |  |  | 121 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 134 |  | (a) |  | 73 |
Allowance for Revenue Adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,173 |  | (b) | $ | 1,108 |  | (c) | $ | 202 |
2017 |  |  | 105 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 941 |  | (b) |  | 909 |  | (c) |  | 137 |
2016 |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 692 |  | (b) | 686 |  | (c) |  | 105 |
Inventory Valuation Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 268 |
2017 |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 237 |
2016 |  |  | 207 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | 218 |
(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 The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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